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document.write( "Let her monthly salary be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rent = (1/3)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/3)rent = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rent = 3*300 = 900<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3*rent = 3*900 = $2700<BR>\n" );
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