document.write( "Question 25862: Your assistance please. Here is the question: Enrique puts 12% of his monthly paycheck in an IRA. If he invests $72 in his IRA, how much was his paycheck?
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Your assistance please. Here is the question: Enrique puts 12% of his monthly paycheck in an IRA. If he invests $72 in his IRA, how much was his paycheck?
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Correct answer: $600, calculated as follows:
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document.write( ", with P being the amount of his paycheck
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document.write( ".12P = 72 ------- Cross-multiplying
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document.write( "P, or paycheck = 
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