+15 Jack Is Learning To Save, Spend, And Give His Money Away. He Has Hetermined To Give Away 10% Of His Job Earnings. If He Gives Away $256, How Much Did He Earn This Summer?
+36915 Let's set it up as a ratio
256 is to 10% as x is to 100%
256/10 = x/100 solve for 'x'
x= $2560 amount he earned for the summer
+247 10% = 10/100 or 1/10
so basically if he gives away $256 then 256 is 1/10th of the money he earnt so the amount of money he earnt is 256*10 = $2560. peace.
