Molly's family has $3,000 set aside for an upcoming vacation. The family plans to spend
of this amount on gasoline for the drive and motel rooms along the way and
of the remainder on meals. How much does Molly's family plan to spend 3/5 on meals?
A.
To find out how much Molly's family plans to spend 3/5 on meals, we need to first find out how much money is left after spending on gasoline and motel rooms.
Let's say the amount spent on gasoline and motel rooms is x.
According to the problem, the family has $3,000 set aside for the vacation and they plan to spend 3/5 of the remaining amount after gasoline and motel rooms on meals.
So, the amount remaining after spending on gasoline and motel rooms can be calculated as $3,000 - x.
Now, we need to find out how much Molly's family plans to spend 3/5 on meals, which can be calculated as (3/5) * ($3,000 - x).
Therefore, the answer is (3/5) * ($3,000 - x).
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I apologize for the confusion. The correct answer would be $900, since (3/5) * ($3,000 - x) = 900.
To find out how much Molly's family plans to spend on meals, we need to first determine how much money is left after spending on gasoline and motel rooms.
The family plans to spend
on gasoline and motel rooms, which is a fraction of the total amount set aside for the vacation.
So, the amount left after spending on gasoline and motel rooms would be
of $3,000.
To determine how much Molly's family plans to spend on meals, we will calculate
of the amount left over after spending on gasoline and motel rooms.
Let's calculate:
Amount left over after spending on gasoline and motel rooms =
= $3,000 ×
= $
Now, let's calculate
of this remaining amount:
Molly's family plans to spend 3/5 on meals =
=
So, Molly's family plans to spend $ on meals.
To find out how much Molly's family plans to spend 3/5 of the remainder on meals, we first need to determine the remainder after spending on gasoline and motel rooms.
To do this, we subtract the amount spent on gasoline and motel rooms from the total amount set aside for the vacation ($3,000).
Let's say the amount spent on gasoline and motel rooms is x.
So, the remainder after spending on gasoline and motel rooms will be: $3,000 - x
Then, to find out how much Molly's family plans to spend 3/5 of the remainder on meals, we need to calculate 3/5 * ($3,000 - x).
This will give us the amount Molly's family plans to spend on meals.
So, the answer to the question depends on the value of x, which is not provided in the question.