document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=168832>Question 168832</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Problem # 1. A Macy's sweater was reduced $30. The sale price was $90. What was the original price? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Problem # 2. Tom bugdets 1/8 of his yearly salary for entertainment. Tom's total entertainment bill for the year is $6,500. What is Tom's yearly salary?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help with these problems. I can't figure them out since there are not three figures to work with. I can usually solve for x when there are three figures to work with, but this is throwing me off track. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ethel </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "problem 1:lets call the original price x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-30=90--->x=$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "problem 2: lets call yearly salary y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/8)y=6500 multipy by 8--->$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=52000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"52000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > salary </SPAN>\n" );
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