. He makes a commission of 8% on everything he sells. If he sells a laptop for $773.00 how much does William make in commission

Question

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Answer 1

"8% on everything he sells"  . . .  "he sells . . . $773.00"

 

Translation:

  "What is 8% of $773.00"

 

Note that 8% may be written as 8/100 or 0.08 as needed by the problem.

Note, also, that the word "of" usually means multiply.

 

     (8/100)*$773.00 = $61.84

 

William makes $61.84 in commission.