SOLUTION: after taxes, alexandra take-home pay is 7/10 of her salary before taxes. write and solve an euqation to find alexandras salary before taxes for the pay period the resulted in $392

Question 774486: after taxes, alexandra take-home pay is 7/10 of her salary before taxes. write and solve an euqation to find alexandras salary before taxes for the pay period the resulted in $392 of take-home pay
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let her salary before taxes =
given:

Multiply both sides by

Her take-home pay before taxes is $560
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