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An employee earns $20.79 per hour after receiving a 8 % raise. What was the employee's hourly pay before raise? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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Answer:

Employee's pay before rise was $19.25.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given in the question that an employee earns $20.79 per hour after receiving 8% rise and we have to calculate employee's hourly pay before rise.

So to solve this let's assume employee's hourly pay before rise was $a

Then after raise the salary will be = $a + 8% of $a

                                                   = a + (a×[tex]\frac{8}{100}[/tex]

Now a+(.08)a = 20.79

⇒ 1.08a = 20.79

⇒ a = 20.79÷1.08

⇒ a = $19.25

So employee's hourly pay before rise was $19.25.

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Answer: $19.25

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : An employee earns $20.79 per hour after receiving a 8 % raise.

i.e The raise percent =  8% =0.08

Let x be the employee's hourly pay before raise.

Then, we have the following equation:-

[tex]x+0.08x=20.79\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=\dfrac{20.79}{1.08}\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=19.25[/tex]

Hence, the the employee's hourly pay before raise $19.25.

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