Question

Mary has monthly salary of 1200$.Shespends$ $280$ per month on food. What percent of her monthly salary does she spend on food. Write answer in terms of closest integer in percentage.

Answer 1

From the given information we get the fraction as,

$\frac{280}{1200}$

Now to convert this fraction into percentage we get the equation as,

$\frac{280\times 100}{1200}$

$=\frac{280\times 100}{1200}=23.33$%

Ans $=23.3$%