SOLUTION: an employee spends about 1330.00 a month.This sum is 70% of his monthly salary. How much does he receive a month?
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Question 621933: an employee spends about 1330.00 a month.This sum is 70% of his monthly salary. How much does he receive a month? Answer by math-vortex(648) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi, there--
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Let the variable x be the employee's TOTAL salary.
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Represent 70% as a decimal number.
70% is 70 out of 100, or 0.70
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In algebra, "$1330 is 70% of the total salary," can be written as
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Now solve for x. Divide both sides of the equation by 0.70.
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In the context of this problem, 1900=x means that the employee's total salary is $1900.
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Feel free to email me if any part of this does't make sense yet.
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~Figgy
math.in.the.vortex@gmail.com
