176. alice's take-home pay last year was the same each month, and she saved the same fraction of her take-home pay each month. the total amunt of money that she had saved at the end of the year was 3 times the amount of that portion of her monthly take-home pay that she did not save. if all the money that she saved lat year was from her take-home pay, what fraction of her take-home pay did she save each month?
1/2; 1/3; 1/4; 1/5; 1/6
the answer is 1/5, why?作者: YINDAPENG 时间: 2010-6-27 22:17
the sentence in line 2----“3 times the amount of that portioon of her monthly take-home pay that she did not save"
"the amount" in the sentence above is indicated the monthly amount not the total amount in a year作者: onedayling 时间: 2010-6-28 06:34
