Question

Jada has a monthly budget for her cell phone bill. Last month she spent 120% of her budget, and the bill was $60. What is Jada’s monthly budget?

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is $50.

Reasoning: If 120% equals to $60, then you can use the rule of three to calculate the value for 100%. Cross multiply, the answer will be $50.

Answer 2

48 is her monthly budget

Reasoning:
This word problem is telling us that $60 is 120% of her budget. To find her monthly budget, we need to find 100% of her budget. To get 100% we need to get rid of 20%.

This means the first step in this problem is finding 20% of 60. 20% of 60 is 12.

After you get 12, subtract it from 60. 60 - 12=48. 48 is her monthly budget.