Question

Greg Evaluated has And found that he was spending $50 more per month on Utilities that he has budgeted. He can transfer money from other categories To increase his utility budget to $125 per month. If his total monthly income is $2400 To the nearest percent, what Percent of his monthly income will be budgeted for utilities?

Answer 1

22%

Explanation:

Answer 2

5%

Explanation:

There are two ways to solve this

a fast way: 125/2400 which equals approx 0.05208

when you convert this to a percentage it is about 5%

another way is take 2400 has 100% and 125 as x%

so

125/2400 = x/100

cross multiply so

2400x = 12500

then

x= 12500/2400 which simplifies to about

5.208. since this was out of 100 from the start you don't need to convert it to percentage form