Areal estate broker sold your house for $189,000. the broker's commission was 4.5 percent of the selling price. how much would you get for the house after the commission is paid?

First, we are going to find the commission of the broker. To do that we are going to multiply  the selling price of your house by 4.5 percent:
4.5%=

Next we are going to subtract the broker's commission ($8505) from the selling price of your house:


We can conclude that you will get $180,495 from your house after the commission is paid.

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