SOLUTION: Third-quarter earnings of a Milwaukee-based mortgage insurance firm were up 19% from $122.9 million. How much were the new earnings? Round to the nearest hundred thousand.

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Question 1018458: Third-quarter earnings of a Milwaukee-based mortgage insurance firm were up 19% from $122.9 million. How much were the new earnings? Round to the nearest hundred thousand.
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
122.9+(122.9*0.19)= new earnings. Use your calculator.
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