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In this GED math problem, figure out what fraction of Serena's monthly income is spent on groceries
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In this GED math problem, figure out what fraction of Serena's monthly income is spent on groceries
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Thank you We sneak in and here's your shmoop du
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jour brought to you buy groceries We're not sure why
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we always get so philosophical Only talk about him Maybe
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it's Because they're in day cards Yeah we want Sorry
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lisa Grocery cart All right Serena makes three grand a
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month If she spends g dollars on groceries each month
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and what fraction of her monthly income does she spend
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on groceries And here the potential answer is brought to
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you by jenny craig Okay so we've got serena who
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makes three grand a month So she's either a teacher
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a tollbooth collector in california and this question wants to
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know what fraction of her income she spends on groceries
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were told to use g is the amount she spends
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each month So really all this question is asking is
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do we know how to take this information and express
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it accurately to show what we're supposed to show To
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wrap her head around this let's plug in a number
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for a g Well let's say she spends three hundred
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bucks a month on grocery Well we could go with
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two hundred eighty four dollars ninety two cents but let's
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Go easy on ourselves here If she spends three hundred
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bucks a month on groceries and she makes three grand
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a month well then she's spending ten percent of her
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income right Well it makes sense but how do we
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get that ten percent Well by putting three hundred our
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g in a fraction over the three thousand when we
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divide those two Numbers we arrive at point 1 or
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ten percent So then our expression needs to be g
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over three thousand answer a way Sure hope serena is
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living rent free someplace Otherwise she may want to start
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