Kukane saves 15% of the money he earns. If he earned $55 walking dogs and $38 cutting grass, how much did he save?

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Answer 1

Answer: $13.95

Kukane earned $93 from his jobs:

$55 + $38 = $93

Percent is always out of 100, so 15% is the same as 15/100 (fifteen hundredths) or 0.15 if written as a decimal.

Now our question is, what is 15% of $93? The word "of" means multiply.

0.15 x $93 = $13.95

If Kukane saved 15% of his total earnings ($93), then he put $13.95 into his savings.

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