Question

Darren went shopping and spend $19.00 on scarves if he spend $75 total what percentage did he spend on scarves ?

Answer 1

25.33%

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the percentage Darren spent on scarves.

We can go ahead and solve for x as shown below;

`\begin{gathered} x\text{\% of 75 = 19} \\ (x)/(100)*75=19 \\ 75x=1900 \\ x=(1900)/(75) \\ x=25.33\text{\%} \end{gathered}`