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Chris puts one tenth of each paycheck into savings. Her current paycheck is $200. She decides to also put into savings, any amount she earns over $200. The expression below represents the percent of her paycheck that Chris saves when she makes x dollars more than her current paycheck.

100(x+20)/x+200


Drag and drop the expressions into the boxes to identify their meaning.

Original ratio of saved to total money per paycheck _______________

Final ratio of saved to total money per paycheck___________________

Final amount saved per paycheck______________________________

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x+20/x+200 20/200 100(x+20)/x+200 x+20 x+200 100

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Using given information we have to fill the blank spaces for respective parts:

Part(A): Original ratio of saved to total money per paycheck

Answer:
(20)/(200)

Explanation: Original payment was 200 and saving amount is 1 tenth which is 200*(1/10)=20. Hence ratio is 20/200


Part(B): Final ratio of saved to total money per paycheck___________________

Answer:
(x+20)/(x+200)

Explanation: He also saved money more than 200 represented by x so the new ratio becomes (x+20)/(x+200)


Part(C): Final amount saved per paycheck______________________________

Answer: x+20

Explanation: Final saving is just 20 and extra money over 200 so final saving is (x+20).



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