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Amina sold her car through a sales agent who charged her 12% of the price of the car as commission. If Amina received sh 633,600, what was the price of the car?

Class: KCPE

Subject: Mathematics

Topic: Measurement-money

Lesson Summary

Amina sold her car through a sales agent who charged her 12% of the price of the car as commission. If Amina received sh 633,600, what was the price of the car?

A.sh 709,632
B.sh 633,612
C.sh 720,000
D.sh 557,568



Text Answer


Let the price of the car be 100%

Agent received 12%

Amina received 88% of the price

88% of the price= sh 633,600

1% of price =633,60088

100% of price = 633,60088×100

Hence price of car = sh 720,000

The correct answer is C (sh 720,000).

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