SOLUTION: If Gloria received a 3% raise and is now making $21,620 a year, what was her salary before the raise?

SOLUTION: If Gloria received a 3% raise and is now making $21,620 a year, what was her salary before the raise?

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Question 664005: If Gloria received a 3% raise and is now making $21,620 a year, what was her salary before the raise?
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3% = 3/100 = .03
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x = $ pre-raise
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.03x + x = 21620
Combine x terms
1.03x = 21620
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Isolate x

x = $20,990
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Check
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