Question

Jack is learning how to save,spend,and give his money away. He has determined to give away 10% if his summer job earnings. If he gives away $256, how much did he earn this summer?

Answer 1

Answer:

Jack earned $2560 this summer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Money given away = $256

Percentile of money give away = 10%

We need to find the total money he earned this summer.

Solution:

Let the total money he earned this summer be 'x'.

So we can say that;

Money given away is equal to Percentile of money give away multiplied by total money he earned this summer and then divided by 100.

framing in equation form we get;

$\frac{10}{100}\times x = 256\\\\\frac{x}{10}=256$

Now multiplying both side by 10 we get;

$\frac{x}{10}\times 10=256\times 10\\\\x=\ 2560$

Hence Jack earned $2560 this summer.