13 5/8 + 7/8 = 14 1/2
5/8 + 7/8 = 1 4/8 = 1 1/2
1 1/2 + 13 = 14 1/2
That person is getting $14.50 more. Since he gets a 5% increase from the set $290, you must multiply .05 (the percentage) with 290 (that person's original load payment). When you do so, you get $14.50 and that would be how much more the person is getting paid.
In one year they would have saved up $2447.40 for your education
convert 5% into a decimal then divide by 100.
Hope this helped :)
There are an infinite number of possible common denominators.
The smallest one is 12 , and every multiple of 12 is another one.