A music publisher earns a 6.75% commission on the moey made from the use of a song on a CD. If the music publisher earns $84,375, how much money was made from the use of the song?
Let the money made be x dollars
0.75% of x = $84375
0.0075 * x = $84375
x = 84375 / 0.0075
x = 1.125 * 10 7
x = $11,230,000