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The Jenkins family's monthly budget is

shown in the circle graph. The family has a
monthly income of $4,800. How much
money do they spend on transportation
each month?
Emergency fund
5%
Transportation
5%
Housing
30%
Medical
22%
Food
15%
Clothing
6%
Entertainment
7%
Savings
10%​

The Jenkins family's monthly budget is shown in the circle graph. The family has a-example-1
User Kenneth Xu
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Answer:

$240

Explanation:

They spend 5% of their monthly income on transportation, so you want to work out 5% of 4800.

An easy trick with 5% is to divide by 10 (drop the ending 0) and then divide by 2. This would be 4800/10/2, or 480/2, which gives 240.

**This content involves using percentages which you may wish to revise.

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