Question

A student's cost for last semester at her community college was $2000. She spent $300 of that on books. What percent of last semester's college costs was spent onbooks?% of last semester's college costs was spent on books.

Answer 1

To find the percentage spent on books, we need to find the relation between the cost spent on books and the cost for last semester as:

`\text{Percentage =}\frac{\text{ cost on books}}{\text{cost semester}}`

So, replacing the values, we get:

`\text{ Percentage=}\frac{\text{ 300}}{2000}\text{ = 0.1}5\text{ = 15\%}`

Answer: 15% of last semester's college costs was spent on books.