Question

Forest Granger sponds an average of $88 por week eating out. He earns $850 per week and budgets 21% of his weekly income for food. What percent of his weekly foodbudget will be spent oating out (round to the nearest tonth of a porcent)?374%38.1%34.6%36.9%None of these choices are correct.

Answer 1

Answer:

None of the choices are correct

Forest Granger spends 49.3% of his weekly food budget eating out

Explanation:

Forest Granger's weekly earnings = $850

Budget for food = 21% = 0.21 * $850 = $178.5

Amount spent eating out = $88

Percentage of weekly food budget spent eating out is:

(88/178.5) * 100

= 49.3