SOLUTION: An employee's new salary is $18,165 after getting a 5% raise. What was the salary before the increase in pay?
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Question 132948: An employee's new salary is $18,165 after getting a 5% raise. What was the salary before the increase in pay?
Answer by oscargut(2103) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x the salary before the increase then:
(1.05)x=18,165
then
x=18,165/1.05=17,300
R:salary before the increase is 17,300
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