a man got a 4000 dollar said which equated to an 11% raise. What was his salary before the raise?

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anonymous · Answer

i set it up .11(x) = 4000+x

anonymous · Answer

i got roughly 36,000

anonymous · Answer

it should say got a 4000 dollar raise which equated to 11% increase in his salary*****

anonymous · Answer

so you are asking $4000 is 11% of what number

anonymous · Answer

translate into math

$$4000=.11\times x$$

anonymous · Answer

"is" becomes =
"of" becomes x
and "what number" is our variable.

anonymous · Answer

solve in one step via 
$$x=\frac{4000}{.11}$$

anonymous · Answer

oh and of course i should add that 11% becomes .11 because we compute with numbers, not percents.

anonymous · Answer

i get an original salary of $36,363.63

anonymous · Answer

cool, thats what I got i actually had 4000-x = 1.11*x

anonymous · Answer

so it equated to the same but by dumb luck :) thanks!

anonymous · Answer

i mean 4000+x wow im struggling

anonymous · Answer

well actually your equation was exactly the same i think. just more work to solve and rather convoluted for this basic problem

anonymous · Answer

hahah yes I agree

anonymous · Answer

subtract x, get 
$$.11x=4000$$ etc