Question

An employees new salary is $20,370 after getting a 5% raise. What was the salary before the increase pay

Answer 1

20,370 represents 105% or 1.05 of the original salary
20,370 divided by 1.05 = 19,400
To check your work, take 19,400 X 1.05

Answer 2

$19,400

Explanation:

Let x represent employee's salary before increase.

We have been given that an employees new salary is $20,370 after getting a 5% raise.

After 5% raise new salary would be x plus 5% of x.

`x+(5)/(100)x=x+0.05x=1.05x`

`1.05x=\$20,370`

`(1.05x)/(1.05)=(\$20,370)/(1.05)`

`x=\$19,400`

Therefore, the salary before increase was $19,400.