Me. Holtsclaw sells his home for $240,000 he must pay the real estate agents a 5% commission. How much is the commission?

Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Jan 21 2021

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Given the statement:

Me. Holtsclaw sells his home for $240,000 he must pay the real estate agents a 5% commission.

Determine the commission that he pays the real estate agent.

Solution:

In order to determine the commission, we must simply multiply the decimal value of 5% to 240. Thus, this means that we need to change the percentage into decimals.  In converting a percentage into decimal, divide the percentage by 100, hence in converting a decimal to percentage, multiply the percentage by 100.

= 5/100

= 0.05

= (0.5)($240,000)

= $1200

Final answer.

He will pay $1200 to the real estate agents.