document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093271>Question 1093271</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> lauren earns the same amount for mowing four of the neighbours lawns every month. each month she saves all her pay except $30, which she spends on her mobile phone. if she has $600 at the end of the year, how much did she earn each month? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #707890 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=707890\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x equals what she earns each month.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 30 is what she keeps each month.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "at the end of the year, she has 600.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 * (x-30) = 600\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - 30 = 600 / 12 = 50.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 30 to both sides to get x = 80.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she earns 80 dollars each month.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she saves 50 and spends 30.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "at the end of the year she has saved 12 * 50 = 600 and she has spent 12 * 30 = 360.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "her total revenue for the year was 12 * 80 = 960.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "600 was saved.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "360 was spent on the mobile phone.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you could also have done:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "600 / 12 = 50 dollars she saves every month.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 30 that she spent on the mobile phone and she earned 80 dollars each month.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "comes out to be the same thing but without the algebraic notation.<BR>\n" );
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