Question

Sandra saves 9% of her salary for retirement. this year her salary was $3,000 more than in the previous year, and she saved $4,050. what was her salary in the previous year?

Answer 1

She earned $42,000 in the previous year

Explanation:

9% can be rewritten as 0.09

0.09x is 4050

divide both sides by 0.09

0.09x becomes x

4050 becomes 45,000

then we subtract 3,000 from 45,000 to find the previous years salary