Question

Compute the total cost per year of the following pair of expenses. Then complete the​ sentence: On an annual​ basis, the first set of expenses is​ _______% of the second set of expenses.

Sheryl spends

​$12

every week on cigarettes and spends

​$24

a month on dry cleaning.

On an annual​ basis, the money spent on cigarettes is

nothing

​%

of the money spent on dry cleaning.

​(Round to the nearest percent as​ needed.)

Answer 1

Money spent on cigerettes [$ 12 every week for total 54 weeks in a year i.e 12 * 54 ]	$ 648
Money spent on dry cleaning [ $ 24 every month for 12 months in a year i.e 24* 12 ]	$ 288
Total Cost per year for the following pair of expenses	$ 936
On an annual basis the first set of expenses is ------ % of the second set of expenses: [($ 648 / $ 288 )* 100 = 2.25 or 225 %]	225 %

Note:

The answer of total cost for the year is $ 936.

The answer for - On an annual basis the first set of expenses is ------ % of the second set of expenses is 225 %.