SOLUTION: In 2011, Jim Goodman, an employee at Walgreens, earned $40,000, an increase of 6.00% over the previous year. What were Jim�s earnings in 2010?

SOLUTION: In 2011, Jim Goodman, an employee at Walgreens, earned $40,000, an increase of 6.00% over the previous year. What were Jim�s earnings in 2010?

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Question 790468: In 2011, Jim Goodman, an employee at Walgreens, earned $40,000, an increase of 6.00% over the previous year. What were Jim�s earnings in 2010?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
106% = $40,000
1% = 40,000/106
= $377.36
100% = $377.36 * 100
= $37735.85
Jim's earnings in 2010
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