A woman earns fifteen percent more than her husband together they make 72240 per year what is the husband's annual salary?

The husband's salary is 33,600. The higher math goes as follows: We are trying to find the husband's salary, so that is our "X" algebraically. We are also given that the wife earns 15% more than the husband, or 1.15X, and together they earn a total of 72,240. Therefore... x + 1.15x = 72,240 >>>

2.15x = 72,240 >>>

x = 33,600