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Ramon earns $1,735 each month and pays $53.10 for electricity. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percent of Ramon's earnings are spent on electricity each month?

User STg
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Answer:

3.1%

Explanation:

User Jarober
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So what you can do is divide 53.10 by 1735 to get percentage
0.0306051873 is your decimal, so move it right 2 places to get
3.06% of his money.
You asked for the nearest 10th of a percent, so you round that to
3.1%

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