Question

Bethany uses 8% of her paycheck to pay for gas. If she spent 34.12 on gas this week how much was her paycheck?

Answer 1

Answer: 426.5

Explanation:

You know that she spent 34.12 on gas and you also know that that amount of money was the 8% of her paycheck.

Therefore, keeping the above on mind, you can write the following expression, where
`x` is the total amount of money of her paycheck:

`0.08x=34.12`

When you solve for
`x`, you obtain the result shown below:

`x=(34.12)/(0.08)\\\\x=426.5`