Laura has 3.85 pounds of bananas. She goes to the store to buy 2.75 more pounds of bananas to make banana bread. Each loaf requi
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Let the total earnings be = x
Jennifer and Chris split the earnings in the ratio 3:2
Jennifer earned = $48
x=80
Hence total earnings are $80
(a) Chris earning is =
Hence, Chris earns $32
(b) Jennifer spends 30% of her earnings on a book.
So, price of the book =
Price of book = $14.40
(c) Jennifer also buys a magazine for = $5.40
So, total money Jennifer spent on book and magazine = 14.40+5.40=19.80
Money left with Jennifer = 48-19.80= $28.20
In fractions =
or multiplying the numerator and denominator by 10, we get
=
(d) Let the original price of the shirt = x
reduction percentage on x= 40%
Price paid after reduction = 16.80
Hence, the original price of the shirt was $42.