You would have to divide the categories over the budget. after you divide, you would end up with a decimal, so you to convert it into a percentage, you would simply multiply it by 100.
clothing: 6%
housing: 22%
insurance: 8%
The temperature would be about 54.
6 mm
Set up a proportion of 12/9=8/x. Cross multiply and this gives us 12x=72. Now divide both sides by 12 and you get 6.
This is the correct answer to your problem
