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Question

a soft drink company uses 12 percent of its $ 90,000 budget for advertising what amount of the budget is spent on advertising

Answer 1

A percent is a number out of 100.  We set up a proportion to find the amount spent.

 

 

Let x = the amount spent

 

 

x / 90000 = 12 / 100

 

 

Cross-multiply.

 

100x = 1080000

 

 

Divide both sides of equation by 100.

 

x = 10800

 

 

$10800 is spent on advertising.