SOLUTION: 28% of my salary goes to federal income taxes. If I pay $50,400 in taxes, what is my salary?

Question 264294: 28% of my salary goes to federal income taxes. If I pay $50,400 in taxes, what is my salary?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's represent the salary as "x". Now we can set up an equation like this:
28% times x=$50,400 or this can be rewritten as:
.28x=50,400 Now divide .28 into both sides to get:
x=180,000
There we go! You made $180,000 Not too bad, although it's too bad we have to pay so much in taxes!
RJ
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