SOLUTION: Ming got a 6% raise in her salary from last year. This year she is earning ​$50,880. How much did she make last​ year? Round to the nearest integer.
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Question 1060012: Ming got a 6% raise in her salary from last year. This year she is earning $50,880. How much did she make last year? Round to the nearest integer.
Answer by acw1213(28) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up a proportion in the form of:
"percent" basically means PER 100.
Our percent here is 6.
Our "whole" here is 50,880.
We do not know what our part is. This will be "x"
Let "x" represent the increase of the amount she made from last year.
Cross multiply 6*50,880 which is 305,280.
Divide by 100 to get "x".
This year, she is making $3,052.80 more than last year.
To get what she made last year, subtract the increase from 50,880.
50,880 - 3,052.80 = 47827.20
She made $47,827.20 last year.
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