SOLUTION: a worker's take home pay is $504, after deductions totaling 40 percent of the gross pay have been subtracted. what is the gross pay?

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Question 653270: a worker's take home pay is $504, after deductions totaling 40 percent of the gross pay have been subtracted. what is the gross pay?
Answer by Shana-D77(132) About Me  (Show Source):
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If 40% has been deducted, then $504 is 60% of his gross pay. Write that sentence in Algebra:
"504 IS(=) 60%(.60) of(multiply) his gross pay"
504 = .60*G
divide both sides by .60:
$840 was his gross pay.