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Jimmy worked many overtime hours this week, and his normal weekly pay tripled. He received an additional $700. What is his normal salary?
Answer
$350Use the equation:
3x=x+700 (where X is his normal pay)
Subtract an x from each side and you should get 2X=700.
Divide by 2, and we see his weekly salary is $350.
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Not to good with math, but keep these coming
very easy, cute though!
i used the calculator but i think i could have done it in my head. I figured out pretty quickly that the answer was half of 700. Thanx anyway i thought it was clever
This very simple math problem hardly qualifies as a teaser.
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