Find last year's salary if, after a 6% pay raise, this year's salary is $36,570

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asked Dec 5, 2018 175k views

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Interrobang · Answer 1 · 2018-12-09T06:38:28+0000

last years salary was $34,375.80
6% = 0.06 (6/100 = 0.06 percent to decimal.)
$36,570 x 0.06 = $2194.20
$36,570 - $2194.20 = $34,375.80