Question

this weekend,jerome earned 252.50 in all.whhat was the dollar amount of the meals that jerome served.jerome earns 15%percent off all the costs of meal on all meals and he earns 80 dollars every weekend

Answer 1

252.50 - 80 = 172.50

172.50 / 0.15 = 1150

meals = $1150.00

Answer 2

The total amount Jerom earned this weekend is $252.50.

The total amount is the sum of the amount Jerom earned from serving meals and sum of the amount Jerom earned every week.

Jerom earned eevery week = $80.

So the amount Jerom earned from serving meals is

$$(252.50-80)$ = $ $172.50$

Jerom earned 15% of the cost of meals by serving them.

Let's take the total cost of the meals Jerom served this weekend be $x.

So the amount of money Jerom earned from serving meals is 15% of $x.

So 15% of $ x = $$(x)(\frac{15}{100} )$ = $$(\frac{15x}{100} )$

We have got 15% of $x is equal to $172.50.

So we can write the equation as ,

$\frac{15x}{100} = 172.50$

Now to get x, we have to move 100 to the right side by multiplying it to both sides. We will get,

$(\frac{15x}{100})(100) = (172.50)(100)$

$15x = (172.50)(100)$

$15x = 17250$

Now to find x, we have to move 15 to the other side by dividing it to both sides. We will get,

$\frac{15x}{15} = \frac{17250}{15}$

$x = 1150$

So we have got the required answer. The amount of meals Jerom served this weekend is $1150.