SOLUTION: An editor gets $2,890 raise each year. In her eighth year, she is making $27,400 a year. What was her salary when she started?

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Question 1007395: An editor gets $2,890 raise each year. In her eighth year, she is making $27,400 a year. What was her salary when she started?
Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, ikleyn:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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8 years of working ---> 8 raises

27400 - 8(2890) = $4280

Answer by ikleyn(52790) About Me  (Show Source):
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8 years of working ---> 7 raises in between.


27400 - 7*2890 = $7170.      ANSWER

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