Question
a company spends 15% of its monthly budget on rent, totaling $3200. which proportion can be used to calculate the company's total monthly budget
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To determine the proportion that can be used to calculate the company's total monthly budget based on the information given, you can set up a proportion based on the relationship between the rent and the total budget.
Let \( B \) be the total monthly budget. According to the problem, 15% of \( B \) equals $3200. This relationship can be expressed mathematically as:
\[
0.15B = 3200
\]
To express this in terms of a proportion, you can write it in the form of a ratio:
\[
\frac{0.15B}{B} = \frac{3200}{Total}
\]
Here, \( Total \) represents the total budget. We can set this up as a proportion:
\[
\frac{15}{100} = \frac{3200}{B}
\]
Thus, the proportion that can be used to calculate the company's total monthly budget is:
\[
\frac{15}{100} = \frac{3200}{B}
\]
From this proportion, you can solve for \( B \).
Let \( B \) be the total monthly budget. According to the problem, 15% of \( B \) equals $3200. This relationship can be expressed mathematically as:
\[
0.15B = 3200
\]
To express this in terms of a proportion, you can write it in the form of a ratio:
\[
\frac{0.15B}{B} = \frac{3200}{Total}
\]
Here, \( Total \) represents the total budget. We can set this up as a proportion:
\[
\frac{15}{100} = \frac{3200}{B}
\]
Thus, the proportion that can be used to calculate the company's total monthly budget is:
\[
\frac{15}{100} = \frac{3200}{B}
\]
From this proportion, you can solve for \( B \).