Question

this weekend,jerome earned 252.50 in all.whhat was the dollar amount of the meals that jerome served.jerome earns 15%percent off all the costs of meal on all meals and he earns 80 dollars every weekend

Answer 1

The total amount Jerom earned this weekend is $252.50.

The total amount is the sum of the amount Jerom earned from serving meals and sum of the amount Jerom earned every week.

Jerom earned eevery week = $80.

So the amount Jerom earned from serving meals is

$
`(252.50-80)` = $
`172.50`

Jerom earned 15% of the cost of meals by serving them.

Let's take the total cost of the meals Jerom served this weekend be $x.

So the amount of money Jerom earned from serving meals is 15% of $x.

So 15% of $ x = $
`(x)((15)/(100) )` = $
`((15x)/(100) )`

We have got 15% of $x is equal to $172.50.

So we can write the equation as ,

`(15x)/(100) = 172.50`

Now to get x, we have to move 100 to the right side by multiplying it to both sides. We will get,

`((15x)/(100))(100) = (172.50)(100)`

`15x = (172.50)(100)`

`15x = 17250`

Now to find x, we have to move 15 to the other side by dividing it to both sides. We will get,

`(15x)/(15) = (17250)/(15)`

`x = 1150`

So we have got the required answer. The amount of meals Jerom served this weekend is $1150.

Answer 2

252.50 - 80 = 172.50

172.50 / 0.15 = 1150

meals = $1150.00