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Last month you spent $30 on clothing. This month you spent 150% of what you spent last month. Set up a proportion to
model this situation. How much did you spend this month?

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Answer: 45$. The proportion to set up could be 30/100%=x/150%.

Step-by-step explanation: Let's set up a proportion. 30/100% = x/150%.

The 30/100% shows that this month you paid 100% of 30 dollars, which is 30. The x/150% shows that you paid 150% of 30 dollars. We can find x using cross-multiplying. We get 150 x 30 = 100 times X. Simplyfing the equation, we get 4500 = 100 times x. To make X by itself, we divide both sides of the equation by 100, leaving us with 45=x, showing the answer is 45$.