SOLUTION: If a worker earn five times as much in September as in each of the other months, what part of the earnings was earned in September?

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Question 1067863: If a worker earn five times as much in September as in each of the other months, what part of the earnings was earned in September?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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In each of the other 11 months, let quantity earned per month be w.
Those 11 months, worker earns 11w.

September: Worker earns 5w.

Total earnings for the whole year: 16w.

Fraction of total year earnings earned in September: 5w%2F%2816w%29=highlight%285%2F16%29