document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=314733>Question 314733</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 3% were added to a number. How do figure what the original number was from the sum?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How do figure what the original number was from the sum? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let original number be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sum = x + 0.03x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sum = 1.03x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = sum/1.03<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 0.9709*sum<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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