document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=280363>Question 280363</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You earn $2300 bi-weekly and pay $625 per month for rent. What percentage of your weekly check is used for rent?    <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This was a multiple choice question. The answer choices were A. 27% B. 18% C. 21% D. 16%  I can't seem to come to any of those conclusions. I keep getting 13.58% </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You earn:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,300*26=59.800 per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You pay:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "625*12=7,500 rent per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If we divide the total rent for the year by the total salary for the year we get the %.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7,500/59,800=.1254 or 12.54% of your salary pays the rent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The percentage by week, biweekly, monthly of annually is the same percent. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The only way to get one of the available choices of answers is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "625/2300=.27 or 27% which is the percent of the total rent out of the biweekly pay. </SPAN>\n" );
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