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PLEASE HELP ME NOT TOO HARD

Mary has to spend $12000 on expenses each year. If that amount of money is 20% of her salary, then how much money does Mary make working as an engineer per year?
ALSO PLEASE LEAVE A STEP BY STEP EXPLINATION TY

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Answer:

Total salary = $60,000

Explanation:

Well I'm just going to make this short and easy... ok?

12,000=20%

20%x5 = 100%

hmmmm....

12,000 x 5 = ???

Answer = $60,000

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