Question

Mr. Thompson has an annual income of $24,000 he budgets 19% for housing and 21.5% for food how much does he plan to spend on both food and housing?

Answer 1

Total percentage allocated to food and housing is 19 + 21.5 = 40.5%
Annual income = $24000
Therefore: On food and housing, he plans to spend 40.5% of 24000
= 0.405 * 24000
= $9720

Answer 2

24,000x19/100= answer 1
24,000x21.5/100= answer 2
Answer 1+answer 2= complete answer