Question

Harry said that he got a 15% bonus in his paycheck. If the bouns was $250 how much was his paycheck

Answer 1

The paycheck amount is $ 1666.67

Solution:

Given that Harry said that he got a 15 % bonus in the paycheck

The bonus was $ 250

To find: paycheck

Let the paycheck amount be "x"

From given statement,

15 % bonus from paycheck amount is $ 250

Therefore, 15 % of x is 250

$15 \% \text{ of } x = bonus\\\\15 \% \text{ of } x = 250$

Here "of" represents multiplication

$\rightarrow 15\% \times x = 250\\\\\rightarrow \frac{15}{100} \times x = 250\\\\\rightarrow 0.15 \times x = 250\\\\\rightarrow x = \frac{250}{0.15} = 1666.67$

Thus the paycheck amount is $ 1666.67