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A woman gives 3% of her monthly salary to the red cross. If she gave $105in january,What was her salary for january?Ive been at this problem all day please help
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A woman gives 3% of her monthly salary to the red cross. If she gave $105in january,What was her salary for january?Ive been at this problem all day please help
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You have:
. . . . .(105) is (three percent) of (total)
Pick a variable for "total", convert the percentage into its decimal form, recall that "is" means "equals" and "of" means "times", translate the sentence into an equation, and solve.
Eliz.
P.S. Please post any further algebra questions to one of the "algebra" categories. Thank you.
. . . . .(105) is (three percent) of (total)
Pick a variable for "total", convert the percentage into its decimal form, recall that "is" means "equals" and "of" means "times", translate the sentence into an equation, and solve.
Eliz.
P.S. Please post any further algebra questions to one of the "algebra" categories. Thank you.