Q.An agent was paid ₹58,500 as commission on the sale of computers at the rate of 12.5%. If the price of each computer was ₹18,000, how many computers did he sell?

Total sales $= \frac{58500}{0.125} = ₹4{,}68{,}000$; number of computers $= \frac{4{,}68{,}000}{18{,}000} = 26$.

Commission is $12.5\%$ of total sales. If $S$ is the total sales value,

$\text{Commission} = 12.5\% \text{ of } S \;\Rightarrow\; 58{,}500 = \frac{12.5}{100}\,S = 0.125\,S.$

Solve for $S$: …