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Mike earns $15 per hour and Sara earns $34 per hour. What is the relative change in wages from Mike to Sara?

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To find the Relative Change (C) is equal to final value (x to the base of 2) minus initial value (x to the base of 1) divided by the initial value

$34 - $15 over $15 or $34-$15/$15

Which equals to 19/15 (Simplified and rounded to the nearest 100th) is equal to 1.27
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