document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1106500>Question 1106500</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Karl Atkins is a member of a union that contracted to take a temporary wage decrease of 6%.  If Karl was earning $7.50 per hour, how much was his wage cut?  What is his new hourly rate?\r<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 #721536 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><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=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=721536\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 6% : that symbol, %, means \"per one hundred\". So if you make 100 and have to take a cut of 6%, your cut would be 6 and your new wage would be 94.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since we usually have to calculate the percentage of numbers other than 100, like in your problem, we take the \"per one hundred\" and turn it into \"per one\". How? Well, by dividing by 100 of course. 6 percent becomes 0.06 per-one.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now it's easy, just multiply 0.06 for any number to calculate its 6%:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7.50 x 0.06 = your answer </SPAN>\n" );
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