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Question

Jim works for $15.50 per hour for a health care facility. He is supposed to get a 75 cent per hour raise at one year of service. What will his percent increase in hourly pay be?

Sabrina’s boss state that she will increase Sabrina’s salary from $12,000 to $14,000 per year if she enrolls in business courses at a local community college. What percent increase in salary will result from Sabrina taking the business courses?

Answer 1

1. 75% or $11.625
2. 16.67%

Answer 2

1.) Jim works for $15.50 per hour for a health care facility. He is supposed to get a 75 cent per hour raise at one year of service. What will his percent increase in hourly pay be?

Old Salary = 15.50
New salary = 15.50 + .75
% increase = new/old - 1 = 16.25 / 15.5 - 1= 1.048 - 1 = .048 = 4.8%

2.) Sabrina’s boss state that she will increase Sabrina’s salary from $12,000 to $14,000 per year if she enrolls in business courses at a local community college. What percent increase in salary will result from Sabrina taking the business courses?

Old Salary = 12,000
New salary = 14,000
% increase = new/old - 1 = 14000 / 12000 - 1= 1.167 - 1 = .167 = 16.7%

Answer 3

1.First change make the terms similar 75 cents is .75. Then divide .75 by 15.5 ...0.04838

second multiply by 100(for percent) or move decimal two places
4.838<----the awnser

2.First find the increase 14,000-12000 = 2000
then divide the increse, 2000 by the original salary 14,000
.16666

Now multiply by 100(for percent) or move decimal two places

16.667(rounded up)

Answer 4

Jim's increase is .048% x $15.50 = .75 cents

Sabrina's increase is 16.666666% x $12,000 = an increase of $1,999.999 rounded off to $2,000

Answer 5

C'mon this is an easy one do your own homework