Question

Mary earns $15 per hour. She is getting a pay increase of 14%. With this increase, what is her new hourly pay?

Explain your answer, and show your work.

pls help!

Answer 1

17.1

Explanation:

14% can be re-written as 0.14

You can then multiply 15*0.14 to find 14% of 15.

(The outcome is 2.1)

Then, add 15 + 2.1(14% of 15) together and you get 17.1!

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