document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=625910>Question 625910</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, my problem says: Twenty percent of the income was used to pay for raw materials. If $78,000 was spent for other purposes, what was the total income?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #393892 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=393892\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x = total income.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20% of that was spend for materials.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that means that 80% of that was spent for other purposes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that means that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".80*x = 78000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divided both sides of this equation by .8 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 78000 / .8 = 97500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total income equals x which is equal to 97500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20% of that is spend for materials which makes expenditures for materials equal to .20 * 97500 = 19500.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80% of that is spent for other purposes which make expenditures for other purposes equal to .80 * 97500 = 78000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add the 2 pieces together to get 19500 + 78000 = 97500 which equals the total expenditure.<BR>\n" );
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