Donald earns 4.5% commission all his sales. If the sale of a dryer earns him a $24 commission, find the sales price of the dryer, correct to the nearest dollar.

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Jade Kemp

19 February, 07:24

Donald earns 4.5% commission all his sales. If the sale of a dryer earns him a $24 commission, find the sales price of the dryer, correct to the nearest dollar.

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Kaeden Conway · Answer 1

You can use this equation to solve: $x • 4.5% = $24

to figure it out you can divide: 24:4.5% = 533.33333333

so the dryer is $533.34

You can test it by entering 533.34 into the first equasion. 533.34*4.5%=24.003