last year elaine spent 20 % of her annual earnings on rent . this year she earned 35 % more than last year and she spent 30 % of her annual earnings on rent . the amount she spent on rent this year is what percent of the amount spent on rent last year ?
"for this it is easiest to use simple numbers . let ' s assume that elaine ' s annual earnings last year were $ 100 . she would ' ve spent $ 20 of this on rent . this year she earned 15 % more , or $ 135 . she would ' ve spent 30 % of this on rent , or $ 40.5 do $ 40.5 / $ 20 this will give you 202.5 % a is the correct answer ."
multiply(divide(multiply(add(divide(35, const_100), const_1), 30), 20), const_100)