Question

For Exercises 1–8, use Scott's personal monthly budget shown to calculate the percent of his total budget for each category. Round to the nearest percent.Scott's Monthly Budget total: $3,665Housing: $790

Answer 1

To find the percent of the total that housing takes

Percent housing = housing / total * 100%

= 790/3665 * 100%

= .215552524 * 100%

=21.5552523%

Rounding to the nearest percent

=22%