Question

Ashley is making $500 a week at her job she receives a 20% pay raise a year later she takes 5% pay cut how much does she make per week now?

Answer 1

Ashley originally made $500 per week, received a 20% raise to $600, and then took a 5% pay cut, resulting in a new weekly salary of $570.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ashley initially makes $500 a week at her job. After receiving a 20% pay raise, to calculate her new weekly earnings, we take her original earnings and increase it by 20%. This is done by multiplying $500 by 20% (or 0.20) to get the amount of the raise, which is $100. We then add this to her original salary to find her new salary: $500 + $100 = $600 per week.

Later Ashley takes a 5% pay cut from her increased salary. To find out the reduced amount, multiply her new salary of $600 by 5% (or 0.05), which equals $30. Subtract this amount from her increased salary to find her new weekly earnings after the pay cut: $600 - $30 = $570.

Therefore, Ashley's weekly earnings after the pay raise and subsequent pay cut is $570.

Answer 2

Hello!

So, Ashley used to make $500 a week, then she got a 20% raise. Find 20% of 500 and then add it onto how much she makes.

20% = 0.20 as a decimal

500 × 0.20 = 125

500 + 125 = 625

So, after the 20% raise, Ashley started making $625 a week. Then, she takes a 5% pay cut.

Just like before, find 5% of 625, but instead of adding it to her pay, we must SUBTRACT it.

5% = 0.05 as a decimal.

625 × 0.05 = 31.25

625 - 31.25 = 593.75

ANSWER:

Ashley now makes $593.75 per week.