Sophia spent 75.00 of her 225.00 paycheck on new shoes. What percent of her paycheck did she spend on the new pair of shoes?

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Rachel Page

22 June, 15:57

Sophia spent 75.00 of her 225.00 paycheck on new shoes. What percent of her paycheck did she spend on the new pair of shoes?

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Cullen Villegas · Answer 1

75/225=1/3, 1/3=33.3 percent

By the way this should have been filed under "Mathematics"

Joselyn Odom · Answer 2

Set it up like a proportion:

75/225 = x/100 where x represents an unknown percentage of 100 percent.

Now cross multiply:

225x = 75 (100)

225x = 7500; now divide both sides by 225 to isolate and solve for x, and you get 33.33%. Sophia spent 33.33% of her paycheck on shoes.