Question

What categories are the same percentage of the budget?

Category Amount spent per month

Housing $1,302

Taxes $1,550

Food $558

Clothing $124

Entertainment $124

Transportation $372

College Savings $558

Retirement Savings $558

Gasoline $248

Emergency Savings $310

Utilities $496




A. Housing and Taxes



B.Transportation and Emergency Savings



C. Food, College Savings, Retirement Savings



D. Food and Gasoline

Answer 1

Answer: Option 'c' is correct.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Category Amount spent per month

Food $558

College savings $558

Retirement savings $558

As we can see that all three has same amount spending per month.

So, they will share same percentage of the budget.

i.e.

`(558)/(5642)=9.89\%`

Hence, Option 'c' is correct.