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How much must Kizzmekia earn to have $44,321 left after paying 31% in taxes? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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I believe you can model this question as 0.69x = 44321.

In this case, "x" is a variable for how much Kizzmekia must earn to leave her with $44321 when a 31% tax is applied to this number "x."

Note that the reason why the coefficient of "x" is 0.69 instead of 0.31 is because she has 69% of her money left since 31% of the money was taken away.

So, dividing both sides of the equation leaves you with x = 44321/0.69

Simplifying leaves you with x = 64233.33

She must earn approximately 64233.33 dollars to have $44321 left after paying a 31% tax.

Hope this helps!

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