Question

Jill, an employee at Old Navy, budgets 1/3 of her yearly salary for clothing. Jill’s total clothing bill for the year is $8,020. What is her yearly salary?

Answer 1

We know that Jill spent 1/3 of her salary in clothing.

Then, letting S be the yearly salary and C the clothing bill, we can write:

`C=(1)/(3)\cdot S`

This year, the clothing bill is C = 8020.

So we can find S as:

`\begin{gathered} 8020=(1)/(3)\cdot S \\ S=8020\cdot3 \\ S=24060 \end{gathered}`

Answer: Her yearly salary is $24,060.