SOLUTION: After 21% had been deducted for taxes, Formica's pay was $82.95. How much was Formica's pay before taxes were deducted?
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Question 1201213: After 21% had been deducted for taxes, Formica's pay was $82.95. How much was Formica's pay before taxes were deducted?
Found 3 solutions by mananth, greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
After 21% had been deducted for taxes, Formica's pay was $82.95. How much was Formica's pay before taxes were deducted?
121 100
x 82.95
x= 82.95*121 /100
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
NO, NO, NO!!!
The response from the other tutor shows an incorrect solution method. The final pay was not 100/121 of the base pay; it was 79/100 of the base pay.
The final pay of $82.95 was 100%-21% = 79% of the base pay:
ANSWER: The pay before taxes was $105
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p, the pay, no tax removed yet
21% removed as tax
, the amount of pay AFTER the tax taken off
SOLVE
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