SOLUTION: Your current consulting position pays you $77,000 each year. A competing firm has offered you $86,000 to join it. To the nearest tenth, what percent increase in salary would you ge

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Question 1123782: Your current consulting position pays you $77,000 each year. A competing firm has offered you $86,000 to join it. To the nearest tenth, what percent increase in salary would you get if you joined the competing firm?
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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77000%2B%28x%2F100%2977000=86000
%28x%2F100%2977000=86000-77000
%28x%2F100%2977000=9000
%28x%2F100%29=9000%2F77000
%28x%2F100%29=9%2F77
%28x%2F100%29=0.1168831168831169
%28x%2F100%29=0.117
x=0.117%2A100
x=11.7% percent increase in salary

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
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Your current consulting position pays you $77,000 each year. A competing firm has offered you $86,000 to join it. To the nearest tenth, what percent increase in salary would you get if you joined the competing firm?
Calculate: 

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