SOLUTION: It says vanessa works 32 hours per week at her job. Her boss offers her full-time position (40 hours per week ) and a $2-per-hour raise. She says this is great! Now i'll make $200
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Question 933525: It says vanessa works 32 hours per week at her job. Her boss offers her full-time position (40 hours per week ) and a $2-per-hour raise. She says this is great! Now i'll make $200 more per week! What is vanessa's hourly wage before the raise? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x be the hourly rate
she was getting total 32x
Now she gets $200 mor
32x+200
New wage
40*x +2*40
40x+80
40x +80 = 32x +200
42x-32x=200-80
8x = 120
x= 15
$15 per hour
