SOLUTION: Lopez spent 1/3 of his vacation money for travel and 2/5 of his vacation money for lodging. He spent $1100 for travel and lodging. What is the total amount of money he spent on his

Question 1042246: Lopez spent 1/3 of his vacation money for travel and 2/5 of his vacation money for lodging. He spent $1100 for travel and lodging. What is the total amount of money he spent on his vacation?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = total amount spent on his vacation
for travel
for lodging

Multiply both sides by

He spent $2,062.50 on vacation
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lopez spent 1/3 of his vacation money for travel and 2/5 of his vacation money for lodging. He spent $1100 for travel and lodging. What is the total amount of money he spent on his vacation?

He spent of vacation money on travel and lodging. This fraction represents $1,100. With A being the total amount spent,
we get the following proportion:
------- Cross-multiplying
11A = 15($1,100) ------- Cross-multiplying
A, or amount spent on vacation = =
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