a) To find out how many pets Aunt Sue has, we need to add the fractions together that represent the amount of money she spends on groceries and utilities: 1/5 + 1/2 = 2/10 + 5/10 = 7/10. Since each pet uses 1/10 of her household expenses, we can divide 7/10 by 1/10 to find out how many pets Aunt Sue has: 7/10 ÷ 1/10 = 7. So, Aunt Sue has 7 pets.
b) If Aunt Sue spends $375 on pet grooming and that amount is the rest of her household expenses, we need to add together the fractions representing groceries and utilities: 1/5 + 1/2 = 7/10. Since $375 is 7/10 of her household expenses, we divide $375 by 7/10 to find her total household expenses: $375 ÷ 7/10 = $375 ÷ 0.7 = $535.71. Therefore, Aunt Sue's household expenses is $535.71.
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1) Aunt Sue spends 1/5 of her household expenses on groceries and 1/2 of it on utilities. The rest of her household expenses is spent on pet grooming.
a) each pet use this 1/10 of her household expenses. How many pets does Aunt Sue have?
b) she spends $375 on pet grooming. How much is her household expenses?
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