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Jon earned $38,000 last year. He paid $6,840 for entertainment. What percent of his earnings did Jon pay in entertainment expenses? Please tell how you got it.

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carbar00
18% of his earnings went towards entertainment expenses. I used the "is over of equals percent over 100" formula. I then cross multiply then divide. My work is shown.
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Neuron
If you would like to know what percent of earnings did Jon pay in entertainment expenses, you can calculate this using the following steps:

x% of $38000 is $6840
x% * 38000 = 6840
x/100 * 38000 = 6840
x * 380 = 6840    /380
x = 6840 / 380
x = 18%

The correct result would be 18%.

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