James gets a job selling used cars.  He sold 10 cars that cost $25,000 each.  The company paid 30% of that price to acquire the cars.  He got a 10% commission on the profits.  How much did he make?
He sold the car for 25000*10=$
<gadget id="calculator">25000*10</gadget>
<output>250_000</output>
250,000.
Each car was bought for 25,000*.3=$
<gadget id="calculator">25000*.3</gadget>
<output>7_500</output>
7500.
So they bought the cars for 7500*10=$
<gadget id="calculator">7500*10</gadget>
<output>75_000</output>
75,000.
That means the cars had a profit of 250,000-75,000=$
<gadget id="calculator">250000-75000</gadget>
<output>175_000</output>
175,000.
So his commission was 175,000*.1=$
<gadget id="calculator">175000*.1</gadget>
<output>17_500</output>
17,500.

<result>17_500</result>