Joshua has $1,000,278. Part A. He takes 12.90% out to buy something. How much money did he spend, and how much does he have left

Question

Rama09 [41]

3 years ago

10

Joshua has $1,000,278. Part A. He takes 12.90% out to buy something. How much money did he spend, and how much does he have left

?
Part B. Explain your answer

Mathematics

1 answer:

serg [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-29T01:10:12+03:00

serg [7]3 years ago

6 0

To get from percentage move the decimal over to the left by 2 and multiply by total money:
1,000,278 x 0.1290 = 129036. This is how much he took out.
How much he has left is just the initial amount minus this
1,000,278-129036 = 871242