SOLUTION: If Gloria received a 3 percent raise and is now making $25,750 a year, what was her salary before the raise?

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Question 934097: If Gloria received a 3 percent raise and is now making $25,750 a year, what was her salary before the raise?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x = amount she made before the raise.
she got a 3% raise and is now making 25750.
x + .03 * x = 25750
factor out the x to get (1 + .03) * x = 25750
simplify to get 1.03 * x = 25750
divide both sides of the equation by 1.03 to get x = 25750 / 1.03
that gets you x = 25000.

she made 25000 before the raise.
her raise was 3% of 25000 which is equal to 7500.
25000 + 7500 = 25750 which is what she is making after the raise.

your solution is that she was making 25000 before the raise.