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Your friend earns $10.50 per hour. This is 125% of her hourly wage last year. How much did your friend earn per hour last year?

Your friend earns $10.50 per hour. This is 125% of her hourly wage last year. How much did your friend earn per hour last year?
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Your friend earns $10.50 per hour. This is 125% of her hourly wage last year. How much did your friend earn per hour last year?

User Lewis Browne
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You would take 125/100 times x(last year's wage) and that should = $10.50 so that would be:
1.25x=10.50
x=10.50/1.25
x=$8.40
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