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document.write( "[1] A man reduced the price of his goods by 10% ; his sales increased by 25% to $ 180000 per annum.What were they before?\r
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document.write( "[2] A man's working hours a day were increased by 20% & his wages per hour were increased by 15%.by how much percentage were his daily earnings increased?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #145437 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! [1] A man reduced the price of his goods by 10% ; his sales increased by 25% to $ 180000 per annum.What were they before? \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "price * units sold in revenue \n" ); document.write( "----------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let the original sales number be \"x\". \n" ); document.write( "Let the originial price be \"p\" \n" ); document.write( "Equation: \n" ); document.write( "(0.90p)(1.25x) = 180000 \n" ); document.write( "1.125px = 180000 \n" ); document.write( "px = $160,000 (this is the original revenue) \n" ); document.write( "=========================\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "[2] A man's working hours a day were increased by 20% & his wages per hour were increased by 15%.by how much percentage were his daily earnings increased? \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "Origial earnings were Hours*Wage = hw \n" ); document.write( "------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "New earnings are (1.2h)(1.15w) = 1.38hw \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "His earnings were increased by 38% \n" ); document.write( "=========================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |