SOLUTION: Your weekly paycheck is 30 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 700. Find the amount of each paycheck.

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Question 349897: Your weekly paycheck is 30 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 700. Find the amount of each paycheck.
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+.7x=700
1.7x=700
x=411.76
.7x=288.24