document.write( "Question 413154: Linda went food shopping with $35 in her purse. She spent $28. What percent of the $35 did she spend? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #290026 by Blue_Skies(5)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Here's the formula that I like to use to solve problems like these that my math teacher showed me: \n" ); document.write( "% part \n" ); document.write( "- = ---- \n" ); document.write( "100 whole\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, for this question, it would be:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x 28 \n" ); document.write( "- = -- \n" ); document.write( "100 35\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then, you would use cross products, and you would create an equation like so:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "35x=100*28 \n" ); document.write( "And then solve! \n" ); document.write( "35x=2800 \n" ); document.write( "x=2800/35 \n" ); document.write( "x=80% \n" ); document.write( " |