SOLUTION: after taxes, alexandra take-home pay is 7/10 of her salary before taxes. write and solve an euqation to find alexandras salary before taxes for the pay period the resulted in $392

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Question 774486: after taxes, alexandra take-home pay is 7/10 of her salary before taxes. write and solve an euqation to find alexandras salary before taxes for the pay period the resulted in $392 of take-home pay
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let her salary before taxes = +y+
given:
+%28+7%2F10+%29%2Ay+=+392+
Multiply both sides by +10%2F7+
+y+=+%28+10%2F7+%29%2A392+
+y+=+3920+%2F+7+
+y+=+560+
Her take-home pay before taxes is $560