Question

An employees new salary is $20,370 after getting a 5% raise. What was the salary before the increase pay

Answer 1

Answer:

$19,400

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent employee's salary before increase.

We have been given that an employees new salary is $20,370 after getting a 5% raise.

After 5% raise new salary would be x plus 5% of x.

$x+\frac{5}{100}x=x+0.05x=1.05x$

$1.05x=\ 20,370$

$\frac{1.05x}{1.05}=\frac{\ 20,370}{1.05}$

$x=\ 19,400$

Therefore, the salary before increase was $19,400.

Answer 2

20,370 represents 105% or 1.05 of the original salary
20,370 divided by 1.05 = 19,400
To check your work, take 19,400 X 1.05