document.write( "Question 621933: an employee spends about 1330.00 a month.This sum is 70% of his monthly salary. How much does he receive a month? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #391066 by math-vortex(648) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi, there-- \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Let the variable x be the employee's TOTAL salary. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Represent 70% as a decimal number. \n" ); document.write( "70% is 70 out of 100, or 0.70 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "In algebra, \"$1330 is 70% of the total salary,\" can be written as \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Now solve for x. Divide both sides of the equation by 0.70. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "In the context of this problem, 1900=x means that the employee's total salary is $1900. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Feel free to email me if any part of this does't make sense yet. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "~Figgy \n" ); document.write( "math.in.the.vortex@gmail.com \n" ); document.write( " |