Question 169347
Francine is earning $7.00 per hour. She gets a 20% raise in pay. By what fraction should you multiply to find how much more per hour she will now make? What will Francine's new hourly rate be?
~~READ~~ the problem and break it into parts to solve it. Identify any irrelevant information in the problem.
No irrelevant information.
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% is "per one hundred"
therefore
20% in fractional form is 20/100
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So, if Francine got a 20% raise it would be:
7 * 20/100
= 7 * .20
= $1.40 (raise)
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~~WRITE~~ your answer.
New hourly rate then is:
7 + 1.40 = $8.40 per hour