Question

Bill earns $87.50 per week and Jack earns $70.00 per week. What percent of Bill's salary is Jack's?

Answer 1

I believe it is 80%. Hope that helped.

Answer 2

80%

Explanation:

Let us suppose x percent of Bill's salary is equal to Jacks's salary.

Thus, we can write

x% of 87.50 = 70

Mathematically, we can write this as

`0.0x*87.50=70`

Solve the equation for x

`0.0x=(70)/(87.50)\\\\x=(70)/(87.50)*100\\\\x=80`

Therefore, Jack's salary is 80% of Bill's salary