Thread: [SOLVED] percentage help

a store spent 18% of its monthly profit in remodeling, and the remodeling cost them 2800 dollars. what is the store monthly profit?

Originally Posted by anndodo

a store spent 18% of its monthly profit in remodeling, and the remodeling cost them 2800 dollars. what is the store monthly profit?

Hi anndodo,

Let x = monthly profit

Let .18x = amount store spent in remodeling

.18x = 2800

Solve for x to get the monthly profit.

thank you