Astatement can you organize the numbers to answer a question about percents

$50 is 27.02% of $185.

Step-by-step explanation:

Money spent on clothing = $50

Money spent on Groceries = $100

Money spent on Gas = $35

Total money spent = $185

Our question is to find the percentage of total money that is spent on clothing.

Percentage money on clothing = × 100

                                                   = × 100

                                                   = 27.02% (approx)

Hence, $50 is 27.02% of $185.  

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the problem

Clothing $50.

Groceries $100.

Gas $35.

Total $185.

Now, to know the percentage spent on clothing, we just need to divide the amount of money spent on clothing by the total, then we multiply by 100 to express it in percentage.

Therefore, there was spent 27% of the total in clothing.

In other words, $50 is 27% of $185.