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document.write( "After a 30% increase, Alayna now earns $15.60 per hour. What was her hourly wage before the increase?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since she received a 30% increase, then her hourly wage is now 130%, or 1.3 (100% + 30%)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 130% or 1.3 represents $15.60, then by using proportions, we can say that: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.3%2F1+=+15.6%2FW ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.3%2F1+=+15.6%2FW\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, with W being her hourly wage before the inccrease\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.3W = 15.6 ----- Cross-multiplying\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W, or hourly wage before increase = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15.6%2F1.3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15.6%2F1.3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2812%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2812%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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