still dont understand

collegebound88 said:

a woman gives 3% of her monthly salary to red cross. if she gave $105 in jan what was her salary for jan? so far i got 0.03

105 is 3% of what


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Someone answered your question here: http://www.freemathhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7892

(three percent) of (total) is (105), which is equal to
(three percent) * (total/unknown value) = (105)

Following this, plug in the values you know and use a variable (X) for the one you don't/are trying to figure out. Since you want to use a decimal for percentage, it should be 3/100. Once you have the values plugged in, solve for X.


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