James earns $15 per hour as a teller at a bank. In one week he pays 17% of his earnings in state and federal taxes. His take-home pay for the week is $460.65. Write an equation to represent the problem.

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An equation to represent how he got $460.65 as take home pay is:

15x - (.17× (15x) ) = 460.65

15x tells us how much money he earned in total. We also multiply that by .17 to determine how much goes to taxes. Then, we subtract taxes from total, and put that equal to our take home pay

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the answer is 200

step-by-step explanation:

the way the question is worded, it seems to imply the $264 interest is simple interest, not compound interest.

the simple interest for 2 years is $264; the simple interest for 1 year is $132.

$132 interest on a $600 investment means an interest rate of (132/600)*100 = 22%.

the value of $200 at 22% interest compounded annually for three years is

200%281.22%29%5e3

the amount of interest is that value, minus the original $200.