Question

Question 6 options:

The Edwards family spends $800 per month on groceries for their family. If this is 18% of their monthly budget, then what is their monthly budget?

Round to the nearest cent (hundredths place).

Answer 1

Monthly budget = $4444.44

Explanation:

Let the monthly budget of Edwards family = x dollars

18% of monthly budget spends on groceries

Hence,

18% of x = 800

`{( 18 )/( 100 ) * x = 800}`

`\mathrm{Multiply\:both\:sides\:by\:100\:to\:cancel\:out\:the\:fraction}`

`100 * ( 18 )/( 100 ) x = 800 * 100`

`\mathrm{Simplify}`

`18x = 80000`

`\mathrm{Divide\:18\:from\:both\:sides}`

`( 18x )/( 18 ) = ( 80000 )/( 18 )`

`x = 4444.444444444`

Rounded to the nearest cent: $4444.44