SOLUTION: after an 6% increase your wages, you receive $.57 more per hour. About how much did you receive per hour before the increase in your wages? I first set up the equation X= hourly

Question 986310: after an 6% increase your wages, you receive $.57 more per hour. About how much did you receive per hour before the increase in your wages?
I first set up the equation X= hourly wages before raise. .06X=.57+X but then I got really confused.
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after an 6% increase your wages, you receive $.57 more per hour.
About how much did you receive per hour before the increase in your wages?
I first set up the equation X= hourly wages before raise. .06X=.57+X but then I got really confused.
:
You are close
.06x = .57
x = .57/.06
x = $9.50 is the hourly wage before the raise
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