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Find last​ year's salary​ if, after a
5 % pay​ raise, this​ year's salary is
$34,125.

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Let last year's salary be y;
As a percentage, last year's salary was 100%
After a 5 percent raise, the new salary is 105%;
The 105% is equivalent to 34,125;
The older salary was;
=
(34125*100)/(105)
= 32,500 dollars

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