Question

Martina makes $8 as a regular employee. If she becomes a manager, she will increase her hourly rate by 30%. Use the drop-down menus to build an equation that could be used to find a manager's hourly pay rate, x.

Answer 1

If Martina becomes the manager she will make $10.40 hourly.

Equation: $8÷30%= x $x+ $8= $10.40

Answer 2

x-8/8=0.30

the amount of change divided by the original amount = percent change as a decimal or x-8/8=0.30 this only works for imagine math on the drop down menu