document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=242698>Question 242698</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i hope this is the right place to put this question.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "max is working at mcdonalds and gets paid 7.00 dollars per hour. If he gets a 20% raise what is his new hourly rate? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the problem im having with it is of course i cant find the number and im supposed to find the fraction i would multiply by. help??<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are two ways to do this problem. First off 20% can be written as .2 or 1/5. It's easier to multiply by .2, so it would look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".2 times $7.00 = $1.40 therefore he'll get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$8.40 per hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you were to use the fraction it would look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/5 times 7.00 will be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7/5 Since the bar in the fraction means \"divided by\" we do:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 divided by 5 = 1.4 or $1.40<BR>\n" );
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