Question

An assistant receives a 7% raise bringing the salary to $45,027 what was the salary before the raise?

Answer 1

$42,080

Explanation:

7% of salary added with the salary gives the new salary. So We can write the equation as:

7% of x + x = 45027

=>
`(7)/(100) x + x  = 45027`

=>
`(107)/(100) x = 45027`

=>420.8 X 100

=> $42,080