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Lee Wong receives an annual salary of $65,000 from CVS Pharmacy. Today his boss informs his that he will be getting a $3,000 raise. The percent increase rounded to the nearest tenth percent is:

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65 000 ... 100%
3 000 ... x%
65000*x = 100*3000
65*x = 300
x = 300/65 = 4.61538%

after solving this proportion we see that the raise is 4.61538%

it is not clear to me up to what digit it needs to be rounded so i will offer several answers and you pick the one you need:

5%, 4.6%,4.62%.
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