document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=288184>Question 288184</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The price of a magazine subscription rose 4% this year. If the subscription now costs $26, how much did it cost last year?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I used $26 divided by .04 = $850. I took $26.00 and subtracted $$8.50 to equal $19.50 which looks about right to me, but the decimal was in the wrong place, so I don't know what formula I should have used, because this one is definitely wrong. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please tell me the correct formula to use! (The problem below is not a second problem, just another problem with a known answer that I used to attempt to figure out the formula for the actual question above)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I've been using the problem: \"The price of a computer fell 20% this year. If the computer now costs $750, how much did it cost last year?\" to figure out how to solve the above problem since I know the correct answer to the computer problem is $ 937.50, but I can't solve it. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I used:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$750 divided by 20= $150, then added $750 to $150 to equal $900, which is $37.50 short of the book's answer of $937.50. Each way I've tried brings me to $900.<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 #208867 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=208867\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> magazine problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1+.04=1.04<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.04x=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "another way<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".04=1/25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/25*25=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add 1+25=26\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "computer problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1-.20=.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".80x=750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=937.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "These problems used to drive me nuts. The solution is simple once you know how. </SPAN>\n" );
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