Question

Hayley saved $124 to spend on her vacation the first day she spent 3/8 of her savings the second day she spent 2/5 of what remained how much money in dollars did she have at the beginning of day 3

Answer 1

$46.50

Explanation:

Now to do this, you need to first determine how much she spent on the first day.

She had a total of $124 and she spent 3/8 of it. This means that there are only 5/8 of it left. What is 5/8 of $124? We do that by multiplying it by the fraction.

`\$124*(5)/(8)=(\$620)/(8)=\$77.50`

After the first day, she has $77.50 left. On the second day, she spent 2/5 of what she had left. So that means she would have only 3/5 of what she had left.

`\$77.50*(3)/(5)=(\$232.50)/(5)=\$46.50`

So she will have only $46.50 left at the beginning of the third day.