document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169347>Question 169347</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have a bunch of these types of questions in an assignment, can you please help me out with this one so I can do the other ones myself?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Francine is earning $7.00 per hour. She gets a 20% raise in pay. By what fraction should you multiply to find how much more per hour she will now make? What will Francine's new hourly rate be?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "~~READ~~ the problem and break it into parts to solve it. Identify any irrelevant information in the problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~~SHOW~~ each step of your math work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~~WRITE~~ an explanation describing what you did and why you solved the problem the way you did.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~~WRITE~~ your answer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is one of my 10 assignments. It would be much appreciated if you did all the work like it is telling me to do so I can understand it for the rest of the questions.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #124844 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gonzo><B>gonzo(654)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gonzo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=124844\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> your problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Francine is earning $7.00 per hour. She gets a 20% raise in pay. By what fraction should you multiply to find how much more per hour she will now make? What will Francine's new hourly rate be? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she makes $7.00 an hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she gets a 20% raise.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20% translates to a rate of .2 as shown below in the next section.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "her new hourly rate would be the existing rate plus the raise which becomes $7.00 + (.2 * $7.00) = $7.00 + 1.40 = $8.40 per hour.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you need to remember that the rate is the percent / 100.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you want to get a percent of something, you need to divide the percent by 100 to get the rate and then multiply that something by the rate.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20% of something is .2 times that something.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20% is called the percent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20%/100% is called the rate.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20%/100% = .2 in this case.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "breaking your problem down as requested:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Francine is earning $7.00 per hour. She gets a 20% raise in pay. By what fraction should you multiply to find how much more per hour she will now make? What will Francine's new hourly rate be?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~~READ~~ the problem and break it into parts to solve it. Identify any irrelevant information in the problem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the problem was straight forwards.  there was no irrelevant information. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "~~SHOW~~ each step of your math work.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i did that above.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i showed how to get the raise and then add it to the base salary to get the new salary.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "~~WRITE~~ an explanation describing what you did and why you solved the problem the way you did.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i needed to find out what the raise was and add it to the base salary to get the new salary as shown in the step by step details.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~~WRITE~~ your answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "done above.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it's nothing more complicated than figuring out how to solve the problem and then describing the steps you will take and then working the problem to get the solution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you explain as you go then the explanation is embedded in the details of solving the problem.<BR>\n" );
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