SOLUTION: an assistant receives a 2% raise, bringing the salary to 42808. What was the salary before the raise?

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Question 835071: an assistant receives a 2% raise, bringing the salary to 42808. What was the salary before the raise?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
42808/1.02=$41986.27
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