document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=500191>Question 500191</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hello, i am having a hard time understanding how to solve this word problem. Could you show me a way of answering this problem? please and thank you\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a merchant increases the wholesale cost of a washing machine by 30% to determine the selling price. If the washer sells for $588.90, find the wholesale cost.     </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Original wholesale cost = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30% of x = 30/100 (x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30% of x = 3/10 (x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30% of x = 3x/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( " original cost + 30% of original cost = Selling price<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3x/10=588.90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 10 both sides of the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10(x+3x/10)=588.90*10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x+3x=5889<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13x=5889<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 13 both sides of the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13x/13=5889/13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=453<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Original wholesale cost = 453$<BR>\n" );
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