Question

Kara categorized her spending for this month into four categories: Rent, Food, Fun, and Other. The amountsshe spent in each category are pictured here.Food$356Rent$444OtherFun$267$533What percent of her total spending did she spend on Rent? Answer to the nearest whole percent.%

Answer 1

hello

the question presented here deals with percentages

the percentage of a variable is the ratio of the value of that function to the total variable multiplied by 100

total categories = food + rent + other +fun

sum the value of everything

`\begin{gathered} \text{total }=\text{ food }+\text{ rent }+\text{ fun }+\text{ other} \\ \text{total }=\text{ 356 }+\text{ 444 }+\text{ 533 }+\text{ 267} \\ \text{total }=\text{ \$1600} \end{gathered}`

she spends a total of $1600 for that month

the percentage of her total spending spent on rent = (rent / total spending) * 100

`\text{percentage of rent }=\text{ }\frac{rent}{total\text{ spending}}\text{ }*\text{ 100}`
`\begin{gathered} \text{percentage of rent }=\text{ }(444)/(1600)\text{ }*\text{ 100} \\ \text{percentage of rent }=\text{ 27.75\%} \end{gathered}`

the percentage of her monthly spending spent on rent is 27.75%