document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=350488>Question 350488</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a 20% raise in salary gives a new salary of $46225. what was the old salary? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(if you don't know what 20% is as a decimal do 20/100, you get .2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take the new salary and multiply it by .2 (46,225 x .2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "46,225 x .2 = 9,245\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now take the new salary and subtract 9,245 from it\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "46,225 - 9,245 = 36,980\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$36,980 is the old salary<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TJHD </SPAN>\n" );
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