Marrietta was given a raise of 0.25 which gave her a new wage of 19.00 per hour. enter and solve an equation to determine Marietta hourly wage ,x, before the raise.

Answer 1

Hi, Anelise.

Okay so her hourly wage before the raise was x.

After she got the raise of $0.25 she now makes $19.00.

So,

x + 0.25 = 19.00

x + 0.25 - 0.25 = 19.00 - 0.25

x = 18.75

Marietta's hourly wage before the raise was $18.75