document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=292450>Question 292450</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if a's salary is 2%less than b, then by what percentage is b's salary more than a?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From: \"a's salary is 2%less than b\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = b - .02b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factoring the right:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = b(1 - .02)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = b(.98)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a/.98 = b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From above, we see that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b's salary is 1/.98 of a's salary<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In percent, it would be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/.98 * 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 100/.98<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 102.04%<BR>\n" );
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