Question 33395
Check this over yourself to make sure I didn't do it wrong myself!

Well it says Jim sells it for 670$, and that 670 is 35% PROFIT over the actual price (hereby dubbed X).  Therefore, 670 = X + (35% of X).  To say "35% of.." is the same as saying ".35 times..".

Knowing that '35% of X' is the same as .35X (.35 TIMES X), we put it into the equation.  670 = X+.35X .  It is almost unnecessary to mention that the X without a multiplicant (making up my own words here) is X*1.  Basically, X+.35X is the same as 1X+.35X is the same as 1.35X.  Our equation yields 670=1.35X .

I'm sure you've been taught to take over from here in algebra, just divide both sides by 1.35 {{{670/1.35=(1.35X)/1.35}}} .  This gives you the simple equation 496.3=X.  duh, that's it.  X is your answer.  No, really. You can stop reading now.  Go! shoo!  go on!  jeez....

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