If a real estate agent receives 11 percent of the selling price of each house he sells, then what would the agent make if the house sells for $1033,000?

If you take the percentage out of 1,033,000 you get the answer $113,630

In this problem, the reference of the scale is referring to feet. Firstly, convert 72 inches to feet so that you can properly make the proportion.

72 inches = 6 feet

With the scale of 2 inches per 3 feet, we can set up an easy proportion to see how wide the door will be on the drawing.

3 feet 6 feet
——— = ————
2 inc. ‘x’ inc.

3x=12
X=4 inches

Solving the proportion by cross-multiplication reveals that the scale drawing of the patio door would be 4 inches wide.