Question

A students cost for last semester at her college was 2500. She spent 500 of that on books. What percent of last semesters college cost was spent on books?

Answer 1

I don't really know how it is really solved but I think the Answer is 20% that is all I got on the calculator.

Explanation:

Answer 2

20%

Explanation:

20% is equal to .20, or 1/5.

Since 500/2500 is 1/5, you can deduce that it is equal to 20%.