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Ramon earns $1,625 each month and pays $53.80 on electricity. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what

percent of Ramon's earnings are spent on electricity each month?
Ramon spends
% of his earnings on electricity each month.

Ramon earns $1,625 each month and pays $53.80 on electricity. To the nearest tenth-example-1

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So what you can do is divide 53.10 by 1735 to get percentage

0.0306051873 is your decimal, so move it right 2 places to get

3.06% of his money.

You asked for the nearest 10th of a percent, so you round that to

3.1%

User Arnaud Valmary
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Answer:

3.1%

Explanation:

53.80/1625 x 100 is 3.1

Hope this helps plz hit the crown ;D

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