• How much do customers have to spend in order to raise $1,000 for the pet rescue program? Amount Spent (dollars) 120 Amount Donated (dollars) 1000

Complete question :

a pet store had a special offer this weekend. for every $120 that customers spend, $3 is donated to a pet rescue program. How much do customers have to spend in order to raise $1000 for the pet rescue program?

$40000

Step-by-step explanation:

Offer :

For every $120 spent ; $3 is donated

In other to raise $1000 ; $x would have to be spent ; we can obtain the value of x using cross multiplication ;

$120 = $3

$x = $1000

Cross multiply

$(120 * 1000) = $3 * x

$120000 = $3x

x = 120000 / 3

x = 40,000

Hence, in other to raise $1000 ; $40000 would have to be spent by customers.