Question

If a person with an hourly pay of $9.50 per hour gets a 20$ raise, what is the new hourly pay?

Percent formula, show your work

Answer 1

Answer: 11.40 dollars per hour

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Work Shown:

20% of $9.50 = 0.20*9.50 = 1.90

You earn an extra $1.90 on top of the $9.50 already there. So the new wage is 9.50 + 1.90 = 11.40 dollars per hour

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Shortcut:

1.20*9.50 = 11.40

Think of 1.20 as 100% + 20% = 1 + 0.20 = 1.20, and this represents an increase of 20%