Question

Sophia spent 75.00 of her 225.00 paycheck on new shoes. What percent of her paycheck did she spend on the new pair of shoes?​

Answer 1

Set it up like a proportion:
75/225 = x/100 where x represents an unknown percentage of 100 percent.

Now cross multiply:
225x = 75(100)
225x = 7500; now divide both sides by 225 to isolate and solve for x, and you get 33.33%. Sophia spent 33.33% of her paycheck on shoes.

Answer 2

75/225=1/3, 1/3=33.3 percent

By the way this should have been filed under "Mathematics"