Answer:
Kirk earned $9.70 from commission.
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given that Kirk earns a 10% commission. He also sold a camera that was worth $97.
Commission is an added payment based usually on the number of sales that a person makes. Therefore, say for every 10 sales, someone can earn a 5% commission.
Since Kirk earns a 10% commission, this is the same as finding 10% of the total sales and then adding this to receive a total sum.
However, if you simply add the percentage to 100% of the sales (e.g., 100% + 5% = 105%), this gives you the total plus the new amount.
We have to divide our percentage by 100 to place it in decimal form.
[tex]\displaystyle \frac{110\%}{100} = 1.10[/tex]
After it is in decimal form, we can multiply the decimal by the total sales price in order to get the price and the added commission.
[tex]\displaystyle 1.10 \times \$97 = \$106.70[/tex]
Finally, we can subtract the sales price from the total price to get the money that Kirk earned from commission.
[tex]106.70-97 = \$9.70[/tex]
Therefore, Kirk earned $9.70 from commission.
