Question

An average middle-income family will spend $242,020 to raise a child born in 2004

from birth to age 17. The graph shows the percents spent for various categories. To
the nearest dollar, how much will be spent to provide housing for the child? Use the
graph to answer.

graph numbers-- housing 34%, food 17%, miscellaneous 11%, child care 11%, health care 7%, clothing 6%, transportation 14%

Answer 1

Answer: $82,287

Work Shown:

34% of $242,020 = 0.34*242020 = 82,286.80

This rounds to 82,287 when rounding to the nearest whole number.