Question

Sammie's monthly take-home pay is $3600, and his monthly rent is $900. If both his monthly take-home pay and his rent increase by $250, what percentage of Sammie's take-home pay will be used to pay rent?

Answer 1

The original salary = $ 3,600

The increased salary will be = $ 3,600 + $ 250 = $ 3,850

The original rent = $ 900

The increased rent will be = $ 900 + $ 250

Since, both rent and salary increased by $ 250.

Now, the percentage of Sammie' salary paid as rent will be calculated as -

Percentage of salary paid as rent =
`(Increased Rent)/(Increased salary)` × 100

Percentage of salary paid as rent =
`($ 1,150)/($ 3,850)` × 100

Percentage of salary paid as rent = 29.9%