document.write( "Question 906283: If every dollar I earn gives me a profit of 30 per cent
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if your profit is 30 cents on every dollars that you earn, then your profit is equal to .30 * the number of dollars that you earn.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "your formula is therefore p = .30*x, where x is the number of dollars that you earn.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2740 = .30*x\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now you want to solve for x, so you divide both sides of the eqution by .3 to get 2740 / .3 = x\r
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