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Question: Olga earns $180 per week for baby-sitting. She pays $12 per week for a loan. What fraction of the money does she use to repay her loan?

A ) 3 / 15
B ) 4 / 15
C ) 2 / 15
D ) 1 / 15

Steps to derive

1 (Money she pays as a loan) / (money she earns)

 [Substitute the values.]
2 = 12180

 [Divide numerator and denominator by their GCF.]
3 = 12÷12180÷12 = 115

4 Olga pays 1 / 15 of her earnings as loan.



Hence the right answer is Option D

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