Nicholas makes $2,000 per month. He spends $300 on credit card payments and $350 on an auto loan. What is his debt-to-income ratio? 17.5 percent 22 percent 2.7 percent 32.5 percent
$300+$350=$650
650/2,000=0.325
Move the decimal over to get 32.5%
This works with any percentage (get 65/80 on a test, divide 65 by 80 and get 0.8125 which makes 81.25%)
We have to find Debt-to-Income ratio. It is simply the ratio of total debt and total income.
From the given information, his income is $2000. Also, amount of debt is $300 ( credit card payments) and $350 (auto loan), so \(300+350=650\)
Debt-to-Income ratio = \(\frac{300+350}{2000} =\frac{650}{2000}=0.325\)
To get percentage, we multiply it by 100 to get:
\(0.325*100=32.5\) %
ANSWER: 32.5 percent