omy goodness can someone please help me with 8 math questions

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anonymous · Answer

Depends, what kind of math is it? :)

anonymous · Answer

Give me the first question I'll explain the best I can

anonymous · Answer

@giana_leee ?

anonymous · Answer

the first one is

anonymous · Answer

Tom receives allowance every week. He spends three-fourths of his allowance on food. Last week, Tom spent nine dollars on food. What is Tom’s weekly allowance? Write the verbal model, define the variable, write the equation and find the solution. Show your work.

anonymous · Answer

@LearningIsAwesome

anonymous · Answer

3/4 of his allowance is $9 right?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

That means we can divide this by 3 to get 1/4th of his allowance

anonymous · Answer

umm i dont really get it

anonymous · Answer

here we have 4 boxes, 3 of them are full we have 9, divide 3 by 3 we get 1, so divide 9 by 3 and we get whatever it is for 1/4 not 3/4   |dw:1404938459550:dw|