Answer:
Question 1: 3
Question 2: $120
Explanation:
Set up a proportion
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fill in the numbers that you know and solve for the unknow.
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Cross multiply
5x =7.5(2)
5x = 15 Divide both sides by 5
x = 3
If we take 40% off that means that we leave 60% on
Percent means per hundred
When you divide by hundred, you move the decimal two places to the left.
200(.6)
$120.00