SOLUTION: An executive in an engineering firm earns a monthly salary of plus a Christmas bonus of 7700 dollars. If she earns a total of 99400 dollars per year, what is her monthly salary in

Question 179317: An executive in an engineering firm earns a monthly salary of plus a Christmas bonus of 7700 dollars. If she earns a total of 99400 dollars per year, what is her monthly salary in dollars?
I am not sure how to begin solving this problem, any help would be greatly appreciated, and thank you for your time.
Found 2 solutions by Mathtut, solver91311:
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first you have to take out the christmas bonus
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99400-7700=91700
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so that is 91700 in yearly wages. There are 12 months in a year so to find the montly salary we divide the yearly wages by 12
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per month
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Subtract the 7700 bonus from the total annual of 99400 and then divide what is left by 12.
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