Question

Trevon is making payments on a computer that costs $1548. If he makes 12 equal payments, how much is three of his payments?

Answer 1

387

Explanation:

Divide 1548 and 12 = 129

next 129 x 3 = 387

Check-

12 x 129 = 1548

Answer 2

The answer is 387. Let's see why.

Explanation:

The computer costs $1548. And all the 12 payments are equal.

To find one payment we need to divide the total cost to the number of payments.

`(1548)/(12) = 129`

Each one of the payments is $129.

To find three payment we simply follow:

129 . 3 = 387

Another solution can be;

Since we are looking for 3 of the payments we can divide it to the total payment

`(3)/(12)` which equals to
`(1)/(4)`

And we can find the answer by multiplying it with the cost which gives;

`(1)/(4) . 1548 =387`