SOLUTION: if you wanted to spend 25% of your monthly salary on entertainment and 56% of the salary on rent, could those amounts be $500 and $950? why or why not?
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Question 987153: if you wanted to spend 25% of your monthly salary on entertainment and 56% of the salary on rent, could those amounts be $500 and $950? why or why not?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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$500 is 25% of ($500/0.25=) $2000 Monthly salary is $2000.
$950 is 56% of ($950/0.56=) $1696.43 Monthly salary is $1696.43.
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The numbers are not based on the same salary.
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