Question

Maritta was given a raise of $0.75 an hour, which brought her hourly wage to $12.25.
write and solve an equation to determine maritta's hourly wage before her raise

Answer 1

take the new hourly wage and subtract the raise from it to get what the old hourly wage was..to see how much it increased...
12.25 - 0.75
= 11.5
$11.50 was the old hourly wage.

Answer 2

If Marietta was given a raise of $0.75 an hour, which brought her hourly wage to $12.25, her hourly wage was $11.50 ($12.25 - $0.75) before the increase. $11.50 + $0.75 = $12.25. $12.25 is 6.52174% larger than $11.50. So it was a 6.5% raise. An equation is a statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal: 11.5 + 0.75 = 12.25. 11.5+0.75 = 12.25 - 0.75.

Answer 3

got it thanks for help @Informants and @mitu12

Answer 4

No problem heres more work if yu need it :)
12.25 - 0.75 = x
x = 11.50 <--- That is the x <3

Answer 5

no problem