SOLUTION: "My salary next year will be 7% more than this year and I will take home $695.50 each week. How much am I taking home a week right now?"
What I tried:
7%(x) = 695.50
.07(x) =
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Question 689766: "My salary next year will be 7% more than this year and I will take home $695.50 each week. How much am I taking home a week right now?"
What I tried:
7%(x) = 695.50
.07(x) = 6.9550
7x = 695.50
x = 99.36
Some extra steps, I suppose...I was writing out my thoughts as I went along. Thank you in advance!
Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, MathTherapy:
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
My salary next year will be 7% more than this year and I will take home $695.50 each week.
How much am I taking home a week right now?"
:
I would do it this way
:
x = amt your are taking home now
1.07x = 695.50
x = 695.5/1.07
x = $650
Answer by MathTherapy(10557) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"My salary next year will be 7% more than this year and I will take home $695.50 each week. How much am I taking home a week right now?"
What I tried:
7%(x) = 695.50
.07(x) = 6.9550
7x = 695.50
x = 99.36
Some extra steps, I suppose...I was writing out my thoughts as I went along. Thank you in advance!
Let your current weekly salary be S
Then it'll be S + .07S next year, and since the dollar amount that that future salary represents is $695.5, then:
S + .07S = 695.5
1.07S = 695.5
S, or current weekly salary = , or $
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