Given:
Mike gets an 8% commission on the sporting goods that he sells.
One day he sold sporting goods worth 1,384.
To find:
The commission for that day.
Solution:
According to the given information,
Commission = 8% of total sales of sporting goods
One day he sold sporting goods worth 1,384. Then, the commission for that day is
[tex]\text{Commission}=\dfrac{8}{100}\times 1384[/tex]
[tex]\text{Commission}=\dfrac{11072}{100}[/tex]
[tex]\text{Commission}=110.72[/tex]
Therefore, the commission for that day is 110.72.
