Question

find last years salary if after a 6% pay raise this years salary is $38,160 PLEASE HELP ME

Answer 1

Last year's salary is #S. There. You're about half way done.

Answer 2

im sorry what?

Answer 3

what is #s?

Answer 4

I meant $S, but it really doesn't matter. Once you have a NAME for the result you want, you can solve the problem.

Answer 5

I really don't know what you mean by that I really just need help I need to know the steps to solving this problem?

Answer 6

The first step in solving the problem is to NAME the answer.

Look at the problem statement. "find last years salary"

There it is. S = Last Year's Salary.

No what?

Answer 7

I thought it was s=38,160 X .06

Answer 8

Two things wrong with that. As you have it...

s is an increase in salary, not a total salary.
.06 * 38160 suggests an increase FROM this year's salary, not an increase TO this year's salary.

Don't try to write it all at once. Let the notation help you remember things.

S = Last Year's Salary
S*0.06 = The salary increase from last year to this year.
S + S*0.06 = 38160

Do those pieces make sense?

Answer 9

yes thank you

Answer 10

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