Question

This week Skyler got a promotion at work that came with a 3 % pay increase. If now his monthly salary is $ 2369 , how much was he making before the raise?

Answer 1

Let x represent the amount that he was making before the raise.

This week Skyler got a promotion at work that came with a 3 % pay increase. This means that the value of the raise is

`(3)/(100)* x=0.03* x=0.03x`

The new salary would be

`0.03x+x=1.03x`

If now his monthly salary is $2,369, it means that

`\begin{gathered} 1.03x=2369 \\ \text{divide both sides by 1.03} \\ (1.03x)/(1.03)=(2369)/(1.03) \\ x=2300 \end{gathered}`

Final answer

Since, x represent the amount that he was making before the raise.

Therefore , He was making 2300 before the raise