document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163252>Question 1163252</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Manny spends 8% salary on council tax. Gloria pays the same amount of council tax as Manny but this only represents 5% of her salary. How much does <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Gloria earn?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "M = Manny's salary<BR>\n" );
document.write( "G = Gloria's salary\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8% of M = 0.08M = amount Manny pays in tax<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5% of G = 0.05G = amount Gloria pays in tax\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We set 0.08M and 0.05G equal to each other since Gloria pays the same amount of tax as Manny does.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.08M = 0.05G<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8M = 5G<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8M/5 = G<BR>\n" );
document.write( "G = 8M/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "G = (8/5)M<BR>\n" );
document.write( "G = 1.6M\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We don't have enough information to solve any further. We need more information to be able to set up another equation to solve for M and G. At this point, we're stuck. We do know that Gloria's salary is 1.6 times that of Manny's salary.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would ask your teacher for clarification. <BR>\n" );
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