Problema Solution

An actor will earn d dollars this year. His agent collects a commission of 10% of all his earnings. Which expression shows how many dollars the actor will earn this year, after the agent's commission is deducted?

A. 0.09

B. 0.9

C. 1.1d

D. 1.09d

Answer provided by our tutors

earning =  d dollars

comm = 10%  =  10%*d = 0.1d

so actor will get

 

d - 0.1d    =   0.9d