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A teacher who has taught 5 years will make $42000. In 10 years they will make $42840. What is the percent increase that the teacher will make after 5 more years of teaching?

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Answer:

2%

Explanation:

First do 42840/42000 on calculator (or use your brain to solve but i didn't XD)

the answer is 1.02 the percent increase is 2% but 42840 is 102% or 42000

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