Question

Joe pays $275 a month for her apartment. If this is 25% of his monthly salary, how much does he make each month?

Answer 1

@ParthKohli

Answer 2

@thushananth01

Answer 3

Any ideas?

Answer 4

No...

Answer 5

Hmmm...

Answer 6

Do you know what \(25\%\) is?

Answer 7

Do you know what percent means?

Answer 8

Be right back... 10 mins.

Answer 9

and yes i do

Answer 10

100%:25% so 4:1. Now you can simply multiply 4 by $275 and that will be your answer

Answer 11

thanks

Answer 12

Why did you just GIVE the answer?

Answer 13

yep, glad to help!

Answer 14

275*25/100?

Answer 15

@Hazzar you did not help at all by just giving the answer.

Answer 16

One is not *simply* helped by providing them with an answer.

Answer 17

guys? do i do that ?

Answer 18

37
help0wanted 0
275*25/100?

Answer 19

Could you explain?

Answer 20

What do you want explained?

Answer 21

How to do it. And you're right, it did not help...

Answer 22

Okay, Skullpatrol and I will help you. :-)

Answer 23

I just do not get it,and Id appreciate explanations

Answer 24

thanks,parth and skull.

Answer 25

The first question is: What do you mean by "percent"?

Answer 26

outof a hundred.

Answer 27

And so what is, "25%"?

Answer 28

25 out of a hundred

Answer 29

So if her income is represented by "hundred", then the amount she paid is twenty-five. Do you get what I mean?

Answer 30

yes...

Answer 31

Sure? :-)

Answer 32

yeah. you mean $25?

Answer 33

The answer is not $25!

Answer 34

OK, let me get back to the question. What do we want to find according to the question?

Answer 35

I am sorry; I am not very good att math

Answer 36

No, don't worry. Nobody on this planet is :-)

Answer 37

we want to find hoow much he makes

Answer 38

Lol.:)

Answer 39

Exactly, so we can always call the thing our questions wants \(x\), correct?

Answer 40

yes,variable

Answer 41

That's the word! Yes, so now let's see what the question means.
The question says that \($275\) is \(25\%\) of \(x\). Right?

Answer 42

oh,righttt!

Answer 43

let me try to set it up as a proportion,

Answer 44

You can do that, but you could also set up an equation. That'd make more sense.

Answer 45

275/x=25/100?

Answer 46

But there are two ways to solve the same problem, so go ahead. :-)

Answer 47

Yes, that's correct!

Answer 48

yay! thanks for helping!

Answer 49

now ill solve...

Answer 50

Just to confirm, what'd you get for \(x\)?

Answer 51

leg me go to my calculator.one sec.

Answer 52

You don't need a calculator for that... :-/

Answer 53

1100?

Answer 54

@help0wanted Please show your work along with the answer. Thanks :-)

Answer 55

okay. 100*275=27500/25=1100

Answer 56

@ParthKohli

Answer 57

is that right?

Answer 58

Correct!

Answer 59

thanks!