Alocal grocer cut his marketing budget by 38% last year. he spent only $650 on marketing this year and is happy with his decision. how much did the grocer spend on marketing last year?

This means that 650 is 38% of the amount the grocer spent before making a cut in the budget. Set up and equal proportion to solve: 650/x = 38/100 → 650*100 = 38x →  approximately $1710.53 spent last year

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answer: i'm not sure

step-by-step explanation:

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4