Question

Tristan and Evan are employees for a company. Tristan is making a salary of $49,000. Evan is earning a salary that is 29% lower than the salary of Tristan. What salary is Evan earning?

Answer 1

tristan = $49,000
evan=$34790
you can do this two ways:

Find what is 29% of 49,000:
29/100 x 49,000 = 14,210
Then, minus it from 49,000:
49,000-14,210=34790
Evan earns $34790

The second way to do this is by using a multiplier:

First, minus 29 from 100:
100-29=71
Then, convert it to a multiplier by dividing by 100:
71/100=.71
.71 is now your multiplier, multiply this with 49,000:
49,000x.71=34790

You get the same answer as the first method