document.write( "Question 945627: In October, the manhattan south district spent 88000, or 20% of its expense that month on overtime. What were its total personnel expenses for October? \n" ); document.write( "

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THE FIFTH GRADER SAYS
\n" ); document.write( "if 88000 was 20 percent, then
\n" ); document.write( "1 percent is $\"88000%2F20=4400\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "and if 1 percent is that, then
\n" ); document.write( "100 percent is $\"100%2A4400=highlight%28440000%29\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( "THE ALGEBRA WAY:
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"x\"$ be the district's total personnel expenses for October.
\n" ); document.write( "(I am using an $\"x\"$ , so I will call this algebra).
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2220%25%22=20%2F100=0.2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"0.2x=88000\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=88000%2F0.2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28x=440000%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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