A person spends One-fourth of her income for board, one-twelfth for clothes and one-half for other expenses, and saves $10,000. What is her income?
First find a common denominator. What is a common denominator for 4,2,and 12?
Isn't 12
Yes now multiply the 1's on 1/4 and 1/2 by the same number you used for the denominator.
So 3/12, 6/12, 1/12 ?!
Yes. now add all the numerators and not the denominators. What do you get?
I get 10/12
Now multiply your 10/12 by 10,000. What do you get?
I get 8,333
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