Shelton earns and hourly wage at a grocery store. The following expression represents Shelton's take home pay after taxes, social security, and his health care plan deducted. Let x represent the number of hours Shelton worked.
10.25x - .21(10.25x)
Shelton wants to save $1,675 for a new laptop. If Shelton saves 25% of his take home pay, how many hours will he need to work to meet his savings goal?

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Shelton earns and hourly wage at a grocery store. The following expression represents Shelton's take home pay after taxes, social security, and his health care plan deducted. Let x represent the number of hours Shelton worked. 
10.25x - .21(10.25x)
Shelton wants to save $1,675 for a new laptop. If Shelton saves 25% of his take home pay, how many hours will he need to work to meet his savings goal?

jilltalks · Answer

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loser66 · Answer

$10.25x-0.21*(10.25x)$ is the total money Shelton earns from work for x hours, right?

loser66 · Answer

If she wants to save 25% of it, that is 1/4 of the total, right? And that 1/4 must equal to 1675 dollars. Hence, your equation is $\dfrac{10.25x-0.21*(10.25x)}{4}=1675$
solve for x.