We are told that a salesperson receives 2.5% commission on their sales. We can find 2.5% of $8000 to find how much commission they make on $8000 in sales. Recall that the percent equation is an equation in which the part is equal to the product of the corresponding percent and the whole. We can represent a is p percent of wwith the following equation.
a= p% * wWe can find what 2.5% of 8000 is by substituting p%= 2.5100 and w= 8000 into the formula and solve for a using the Properties of Equality.
Knowing the value of a, let's look at the completed percent equation.
200= 2.5% * 8000
We found that 200 is 2.5 % of 8000. This means that the salesperson makes $200 of commission on $8000 of sales.
