Question

The circle graph shows the annual budget for a company is divided by department. If the amount budgeted for support and engineering combined is $60,000,000, what is the total annual budget?

Answer 1

In order to find the total annual budget, first, we need to add the corresponding percentages for support and engineering,

`\begin{gathered} engineering+support \\ 12\%+28\% \\ 40\% \end{gathered}`

this means that $60,000,000 represent 40% of the total annual budget, then, we can use a relation that shows the proportion of 100%.

`\begin{gathered} (60,000,000)/(x)=(40)/(100) \\ solve\text{ }for\text{ }x \\ x=((60,000,000)*100)/(40) \\ x=150,000,000 \end{gathered}`

Answer:

The total annual budget is $150,000,000