Question

Joe told Mickey he got an hourly raise at work and his new rate will be $10.25 per hour. Mickey wants to know what Joe’s hourly rate was before his raise. If r represents the amount of the raise, which expression represents Joe’s hourly rate before his raise?

r minus 10.25
10.25 minus r
10.25 + r
r + 10.25

Answer 1

✨b✨

Explanation:

Answer 2

10.25 minus r

Explanation:

because amount of money minus how much the raise was equals what he had before.