Question

Mary has a budget for groceries fuel, and utilities. She spent 30% of her budget in groceries if mary spent 42$ on groceries than how much is her budget

Answer 1

Given:

Mary spent 30% of her budget in groceries.

She spent 42$ on groceries.

To find:

The total amount of her budget.

Solution:

Let x be the total amount of the budget.

Then, the amount spent on groceries is 30% of x.

`(30)/(100)x=0.3x`

She spent 42$ on groceries.

`0.3x=42`

Divide both sides by 0.3.

`x=(42)/(0.3)`

`x=140`

Therefore, the total amount of the budget is 140$.