Question

the Suarez family spends 30% of their monthly income on the house payment. if the house payment is $1,200 , what is the family's income?

Answer 1

360 dollars

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Answer 2

$\\ \text{Let the family's monthly income is x dollars.}\\ \text{Given that the Suarez family spends }30\% \text{ of their monthly income on}\\ \text{the house payment. so the amount spend on the house payment is}\\ \\ =30\% \text{ of }x\\ \\ =0.30\times x\\ \\ =0.30x\\ \\ \text{Also given that the house paymet is }\ 1200, \text{ so equating above expression}\\ \text{to this amount, we have}\\ \\ 0.30x=1200\\ \\ \Rightarrow x=\frac{1200}{0.30}\\ \\ \Rightarrow x=4000$

Hence the monthly income of the family is $4000