SOLUTION: If Marcy received a 7% raise and is now making $67,500 per year, what was her salary before the raise? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

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Question 548962: If Marcy received a 7% raise and is now making $67,500 per year, what was her salary before the raise? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.


Answer by mathie123(224) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the salary before the raise.
This means that she now makes
x%2B0.07x
which we are told is 67500
So we have:
1.07%2Ax=67500

Now, we need to solve for x. I will leave this up to you, if you are unsure how to do that please feel free to let me know and I will help you out more :)