Question

The family budget is illustrated in the figure to the right. What percent of the takehome pay is allocated for food?The percent of total take-home pay allocated for food is %

Answer 1

Hello there. To solve this question, we'll have to remember some properties about percentage.

Given the family budget pie chart, we have to first add up all the values, to find the total they spend and then use this value to find the percentage of food.

Adding up all the values, we get:

`\$600+\$500+\$70+\$70+\$90+\$80+\$160+\$170+\$260=\$2000`

And the percentage can be calculated by taking the ratio between the amount of home pay is allocated for food and the total amount, that is

`(600)/(2000)`

Simplify the fraction by a factor of 20

`(30)/(100)\text{ or }30\%`

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The percent of total take-home pay allocated for food is 30%.