Using the Nair family's budget table, the…

Using the Nair family's budget table, the family's spending on education is what percentage of its spending…

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The Nair family's monthly budget (total monthly income ₹60,000):

Using the Nair family's budget table, the family's spending on education is what percentage of its spending on food?

15%Correct answerYour answer25%Correct answerYour answer75%Correct answerYour answer

133\frac{1}{3}\%

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Correct answer: C

Education = ₹9,000; food = ₹12,000.
"Education as a percentage of food" puts food in the denominator: $\frac{9000}{12000} \times 100 = 75\%$ .

Worth noting

The quantity after "of" is the base. Flipping the fraction gives $133\frac{1}{3}\%$ ; dividing by the income gives 15%.

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