A man spent 1/2 of his income of clothing for the family, 1/8 on Christmas present and the rest on food. How much does he spent on food if he spent 2400 on Christmas present.
Let x = income
1/8x = 2400
x = 19,200
(1-5/8) * 19,200 = ?
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last year Tom spent 20% of his money on clothes, the rest he spent on food, utilities, socialising and savings in the ratio 2:7:3:4
If Tom spent £2500 on food, how much did he spend on everything else and how much does he earn in total?
To find out how much the man spent on food, we need to first determine the fraction of his income that he spent on clothing and on Christmas presents.
If the man spent 1/2 of his income on clothing for the family, then we can write this as 1/2 * income.
Similarly, if he spent 1/8 of his income on Christmas presents and we know that it amounted to $2400, we can write this as 1/8 * income = $2400.
To find out the income, we can multiply $2400 by the reciprocal of 1/8, which is 8/1. Therefore, the income would be $2400 * (8/1) = $2400 * 8 = $19,200.
Now that we know the income, we can find out how much he spent on food by subtracting the amount spent on clothing and Christmas presents from the total income.
Amount spent on clothing = 1/2 * $19,200 = $9,600
Amount spent on Christmas presents = $2400
Amount spent on food = Total income - Amount spent on clothing - Amount spent on Christmas presents
Amount spent on food = $19,200 - $9,600 - $2400
Amount spent on food = $7,200
Therefore, the man spent $7,200 on food.