Question

A young man earns $47 in 4 days. at this rate, what is the number of days it will take him to earn $235

Answer 1

Set this up as a proportion, with $ on top and days on bottom. It would look like this:
`(47)/(4)= (235)/(x)`. Cross multiply to get 47x = 940. Divide both sides by 47 to get x = 20. It would take 20 days.