Question

The Paulsen family spends 22% of their disposable annual income of $51,200 for food. They need to cut their food costs by 18%. How much do they spend for food now?$9,189.54$9,236.48$9,309.66$9,412.79None of these choices are correct.

Answer 1

Let's find their food costs:

Let:

C = food costs

$C=51200\cdot0.22=11264$

They need to cut that cost by 18%, so:

Let:

Cr= Reduced costs

$\begin{gathered} Cr=11264-11264\cdot0.18 \\ Cr=9236.48 \end{gathered}$

Answer:

$9,236.48