Question

On a recent utility bill, the water/sewer/garbage portion of the bill was $94.41. This consisted of 72% of the total bill. To the nearest cent, what was the total amount of the utility bill?

Answer 1

Answer: We can start by using the information given to find the total bill amount.

If the water/sewer/garbage portion of the bill is 72% of the total bill, then the remaining 28% of the bill must be for other utilities. We can use a proportion to set up the equation:

72/100 = 94.41/x

where x is the total bill amount.

We can cross-multiply and solve for x:

72x = 100 * 94.41

x = (100 * 94.41) / 72

x = 123.84

To the nearest cent, the total amount of the utility bill was $123.84.

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