Last month you spent $40 on clothing. This month you spent 120% of what you spent last month. Set up a proportion to model this situation. How much did you spend this month?

$48

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Money spent on clothing last month = $40

Money spent this month is 120% of the spending of the last month.

To find:

A proportion to model this situation.

And the spending done this month?

Solution:

Let us have a look at 120% first.

of can be found by comparing with 5, then we have to find the equivalent of 6.

Here, is 40.

5 parts are equivalent to 40

1 part is equivalent to

6 parts are equivalent to

OR

simply:

the answer for this question is 38

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