document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=300731>Question 300731</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ms. Price has received a 10% raise in salary in each of the last 2 years. If her annual salary this year is $100,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What was her salry 2 years ago, rounded to the nearest penny?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   I have the answer from the book I bough, but I need to know how to follow step by step.  I try and can only get exact amounts by doing it forward. I need to know, how to do it backwards.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I did:   82,644.63 x .1 = 8264.463<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                      +  8264.463<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "              2ns year: 90900.9093 x .1 = 9090.9093<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                       + 9090.9093\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                        100,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Elizabeth R. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1.10*(1.10*x)=100000<BR>\n" );
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