Trinidad earns 2700 per month If she spends 1100 on the rent

Trinidad earns $2,700 per month. If she spends $1,100 on the rent for her apartment, to the nearest percent what percent is spent on rent?

A. 20%

B. 41%

C. 51%

D. 65%

Solution

B. To determine the percent, you need to divide the amount Trinidad spends on rent by the amount that she earns. In this problem, $1,100 is divided by $2,700 with the result coming to 40.7%. Rounding to the nearest percent gives the correct answer of 41%.