Question

Mrs. Miller sells a house for $179,000. If she earns a commission of 6%, how much money does she earn? Write a porportion and show your work.
My answer
179,000/100=x/6
107400=100x
10,740=x
Am I right?
Thank you

Answer 1

6/100 = x /179,000

yes answer is 10,740 but you method is suspect

Answer 2

I didn't write it right?

Answer 3

I would not have written it your way, but your arithmetic is strange and I can not see how you got the right answer.

107400/100 = 1074 not 10740
but 10740 is correct

Answer 4

In real life I would not have done this as a proportion. I would have said
.06 * 179,000 = 10,740

Answer 5

But that's what Ms. Sue said how to write it to deliah. I don't understand how im supposed to write it.

Answer 6

How should I write it?

Answer 7

I would write
6/100 = x /179,000

Answer 8

Would I put x=10,740?

Answer 9

yes
100 x = 6 * 179,000 = 6 * 1790 = 10,740

Answer 10

or rather
100 x = 6 * 179,000
x = 6 * 1790 = 10,740

Answer 11

So I would put
6/100=x/179,000
100 x=6*179,000=6*1790=10,740
x=10,740

Answer 12

right?

Answer 13

That is the way I would do it :)

Answer 14

Damon are u in connexus?

Answer 15

noooooooooo your wrong

Answer 16

Hi my names Aria and im in connexus academy.
100 x = 6 * 179,000
x = 6 * 1790 = 10,740
The above is the right term to right this problem. Have a nice day *heart*

Answer 17

correct thank you so much

Answer 18

thanks :)

Answer 19

please explain, I'm sooooooo confused!!!!!!!!

Answer 20

I got the answer from converting 6% into a decimal and dividing it by 100 to make 0.06 and then multiplying that with 179,000 to get 10,740. I don't understand why I would need to do any more than that to get the answer when I simply got it from converting the percent and multiplying it with 179,000?

Answer 21

i still dont get it, someone help

Answer 22

What do you mean you don't get it...
Just read all of the responses above, OR uSe YoUr BrAiN!
Geez it's not that hard

Answer 23

179,000/100 = x/6

1074000 = 100x

10,740 = x

Answer 24

To solve it you need to set up a proportion right? Okay. 6%? It equals 6/100. Your other fraction is ???/179,000. Got that? Alright. Now, to solve a proportion, we need to cross multiply. Cross multiplying means you multiply a numerator (top number) by the denominator (bottom number) of the other fraction, and they usually equal the same number. Which is what they want here. Which means we do 6 x 17900, which you get 1074000 for. Now, this is how we figure out “???”. Remember how I said the need to equal the same thing? Which means “???” is obviously 1074000 divided by 100 (since that’s the denominator of 6/100.). Your answer is 10740. I’ll come back and check this thread some other time to see if anyone needs help. Might as well help you guys show your work too, you need it <3

Answer 25

That really helped, thanks a lot!

Answer 26

there like a bunch of different answers

Answer 27

I've just been doing -
179,000 x 6 = 1,074,000
1,074,000 / 100 = 10,740

Answer 28

so is the answer 10,740?

Answer 29

sorry i was wrong