Suppose a college student pays $1200 for tuition fees. However, she also has to pay $400 for her textbooks (ouch!). What percent of her total education costs does she pay for her books? I NEED HELP PLEASE!!

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anonymous · Answer

400 dollars is what i pay for text books

anonymous · Answer

400/1600

anonymous · Answer

however total education costs makes me assume that it needs a variable.....

anonymous · Answer

so if you divide them by 100 you get 4/16 and if you divide by 4 you get 1/4 so 25%

anonymous · Answer

SO what is the answer?

anonymous · Answer

Is it 1600 divided by 400 which is .25?

anonymous · Answer

400/1600

anonymous · Answer

= .25

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

400/(1200+400) = 400/1600 = 0.25, which is 25%


So the student is spending 25% of their total education on books