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document.write( "Living comfortably. Gary has figured that he needs to take home $30,400 a year to live comfortably. If the government get 24% of Gary's income, then what must his income be for him to live comfortably? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let \"x\" be Gary's income before taxes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "INEQUALITY:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x-0.24x>=30400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.76x>=30400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x>=30400/0.76=$40,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Gary has to make at least $40,000 before taxes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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