document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=267099>Question 267099</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  If your salary of  33,000 this year was 10% more than last year, what was last years salary?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "33,000*.1=3,300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "33,000-3,300=29,700<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so last year salary was $29700 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried; <BR>\n" );
document.write( "33,000*.1=3,300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "33,000-3,300=29,700<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so last year salary was $29700<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you add 10% to $29700 you get $32670, not $33000.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$33000 is 10% more than last year, so it's LY's + 0.10*LY<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 1.1* LY<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LY = 33000/1.1 = $30,000<BR>\n" );
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