A student plans to spend 4/5 of his earnings on his education. If he earns $11.110 this year, how much does he plan to spend on his education?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-13T12:09:22

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We can rewrite this equation as;

What is 4/5 of $11.110?

When dealing with fractions in this way the word "of" means to multiply.

Let's call the amount the student plans to spend on education: #e#

Putting this together we can write this equation and calculate #e#:

#e = 4/5 xx $11.110#

#e = ($44.440)/5#

#e = $8.888#