The whole $200 is 100%. Clothes take 24% of it.

$200food 15%clothes 24%saved 61%

Plain numbers are given; italic underlined numbers are worked out.

  1. 1% → $200 ÷ 100 = $2
  2. Clothes → 24% = 24 × $2 = $48

Alicia spent $48 on clothes.

Check: 24% of $200 = 0.24 × 200 = $48. ✓