The answer is -10. No positive number could equal 25 and if 35-25 is 10, it would only make sense to be negative. Say if you have $25 but you need 35, you’d be in debt of $10 you borrowed from someone else. Hope this makes sense, I’m not the best at explaining.
All we have to do is divide the money she spent on fruit by the total and multiply that by 100. 18÷45 .4×100 40 So, Carmen spent 40% of her money on fruit.