John spent 72% of his budget on fruits (including apples), and 54% of his budget on apples. What percent of the money spent on Fruits were not spent on apples?
A) 16%
B) 25%
C) 32%
D) 49%
E) 52 %
The OA is the option B .
I don't understand. Shouldn't it be 18%? I need some help. Please.
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Let John's budget = $100.M7MBA wrote:John spent 72% of his budget on fruits (including apples), and 54% of his budget on apples. What percent of the money spent on Fruits were not spent on apples?
A) 16%
B) 25%
C) 32%
D) 49%
E) 52 %
Since 72% of the budget is spent on fruit, the amount spent on fruit = $72.
Since 54% of the budget is spent on apples, the amount spent on apples = $54.
What percent of the money spent on fruit was not spent on apples?
Of the $72 spent on fruit, the amount not spent on apples = 72-54 = 18.
Thus:
(non-apple fruit money)/(total fruit money) = 18/72 = 1/4 = 25%.
The correct answer is B.
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Hello M7MBA.
Let's see your question.
Let's suppose that Jonh's budget is $100.
John spent 72% of his budget on fruits (including apples) - this implies that John spent $72.
54% of his budget on apples - this implies that John spent $54 on apples.
What percent of the money spent on Fruits were not spent on apples? - here we are asked for the percent of the money spent on fruits, not the percent of the budget.
Now, since John spent $72 on Fruits then it represents the 100%. Also, John spent $54 on apples and we want to know how many % of the $72 it represents.
We can find it as follows:
$72 --------- 100%
$54 --------- x
Then $$x=\frac{54\cdot100}{72}=75\%.$$ This tells us that John spent 25% on fruits that were not apples.
Therefore, the correct answer is the option B.
I hope it helps.
Let's see your question.
Let's suppose that Jonh's budget is $100.
John spent 72% of his budget on fruits (including apples) - this implies that John spent $72.
54% of his budget on apples - this implies that John spent $54 on apples.
What percent of the money spent on Fruits were not spent on apples? - here we are asked for the percent of the money spent on fruits, not the percent of the budget.
Now, since John spent $72 on Fruits then it represents the 100%. Also, John spent $54 on apples and we want to know how many % of the $72 it represents.
We can find it as follows:
$72 --------- 100%
$54 --------- x
Then $$x=\frac{54\cdot100}{72}=75\%.$$ This tells us that John spent 25% on fruits that were not apples.
Therefore, the correct answer is the option B.
I hope it helps.
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Hi M7MBA,
We're told that John spent 72% of his budget on fruits (including apples), and 54% of his budget on apples. We're asked for the percent of the money spent on fruits were NOT spent on apples. This question can be solved in a couple of different ways. TESTing VALUES works really well on these types of questions (as Mitch and Vincen has shown). It can also be solved with Algebra.
Total Money = $X
Total spent on all fruits = (.72)(X)
Total spent on apples = (.54)(X)
Total fruit money NOT spent on apples = .72X - .54X = .18X
Percent of fruit money spent on apples = .18X/.72X = 18/72 = 1/4 = 25%
Final Answer: B
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We're told that John spent 72% of his budget on fruits (including apples), and 54% of his budget on apples. We're asked for the percent of the money spent on fruits were NOT spent on apples. This question can be solved in a couple of different ways. TESTing VALUES works really well on these types of questions (as Mitch and Vincen has shown). It can also be solved with Algebra.
Total Money = $X
Total spent on all fruits = (.72)(X)
Total spent on apples = (.54)(X)
Total fruit money NOT spent on apples = .72X - .54X = .18X
Percent of fruit money spent on apples = .18X/.72X = 18/72 = 1/4 = 25%
Final Answer: B
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Let's say John's total budget was 100 dollars. Since he spent 72% of his budget on fruits (including apples), and 54% of his budget on apples, he spent 72 dollars on all fruits and 54 dollars on only apples. Thus, he spent 72 - 54 = 18 dollars on fruits other than apples.M7MBA wrote:John spent 72% of his budget on fruits (including apples), and 54% of his budget on apples. What percent of the money spent on Fruits were not spent on apples?
A) 16%
B) 25%
C) 32%
D) 49%
E) 52 %
Thus, the percentage of money spent on fruits that was not spent on apples is:
18/72 = 1/4 = 25%
Answer: B
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