SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: a commission of $168 on $560 is a commission Of what per cent?

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Question 388806: Please help me solve this problem: a commission of $168 on $560 is a commission Of what per cent?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Per cent means "per one hundred".
In place of "what per cent" I can
put in
Now I just read the sentence
$168 is x $560
or

Multiply both sides by


a commission of $168 on $560
is a commission Of 30 per cent

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