document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=124731>Question 124731</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your weekly paycheck is 10 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 640. Find the amount of each paycheck. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #91445 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=91445\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Presume that the unknown amount that your coworker gets in the weekly paycheck is represented<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by W. Since you make 10 percent less than that coworker, you make 90 percent (a factor of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.9 times) of what that coworker does. So the combined amount that the two of you make can be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "represented as:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W + 0.9W <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and the problem tells you that this sum is 640. So you can write the equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W + 0.9W = 640<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add the two terms on the left side and you get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.9W = 640<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for W by dividing both sides of this equation by 1.9 and you have:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W = 640/1.9 = 336.84 (rounded off to the nearest hundredth)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is what your coworker makes. Since you make 90 percent of that, the amount you make is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.9W = 0.9(336.84) = 303.16 (rounded off to the nearest hundredth)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Don't forget to label you answer as euros, yen, rials, pounds, dollars, pesos or whatever<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can check this by adding the two checks together (336.84 + 303.16) and you will see that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they do total to 640.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem.<BR>\n" );
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