If paul pays the newspaper company 70% of what he collects how much would he keep for himself in a month when he collected $450.00

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He keeps 30% for himself.

450 * 0.3 = ?
135 dollars...
70 X
__ =____
100 450
So first we cross multiply 70*450 which is 31,500.
Then we divide 31,500 by 100 and we get $315
Now im not really sure if i got the write answer because im not sure if we have to ue proportion work.
if paul pays the newspapercompany 70 percent of what he collected, how much would he keep for himself in a month when he collected $450.00 ?
OKURRR SO YOU MULTIPLY 450.00(0.7)= 315
WHEN YOU ENTER IT IN THE CALCULATOR
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