Question

If Jerome earned $188.75 and this weekend, Jerome earned $252.50 in all. What was the dollar amount of the meals that Jerome served?

Answer 1

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If Jerome earned $188.75 and 15%percent off all the costs of meal on all meals and this weekend, Jerome earned $252.50 in all. What was the dollar amount of the meals that Jerome served?

Answer:

Jerome served approximately $891.67 amount of meals.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given;

Total money he earned this weekend = $252.50

Fixed pay per week = $188.75

Additional pay = 15%percent off all the costs of meal on all meals

we need to find the dollar amount of the meals that Jerome served.

Let the amount of the meals that Jerome served be 'x'.

So additional amount paid = $\frac{15}{100}x=0.15x$

Now we know that;

Total money he earned this weekend is equal to sum of Fixed pay per week and additional amount paid.

framing in equation form we get;

$118.75+0.15x=252.50$

Subtracting both side by 118.75 using Subtraction property we get;

$118.75+0.15x-118.75=252.50-118.75\\\\0.15x= 133.75$

Dividing both side by 0.15 we get;

$\frac{0.15x}{0.15}=\frac{133.75}{0.15}\\\\x \approx \ 891.67$

Hence Jerome served approximately $891.67 amount of meals.