A salesperson earns a commission of $459 for selling $2700 in merchandise find the commission rate write the answer as a percentage

If he gets a commission rate of x

then 2700*x=459

now we just solve the equation

the answer should be 0.17

hoewver, the problem asked a percentage so we need to multiply the number by 100

0.17*100=17%

the answer is 17%