Question

Makes 25 dollars an hour and gets a 10% raise

Answer 1

To find the current salary, we take 10% of $25 (the raise), then add it back into the current salary.

Current salary = (25×10%) + 25

= (25 × .10) + 25
= 2.50 + 25
= $27.50

So his raise was 2.50 and he now makes $27.50