Question

marietta was given a race of $0.75 an hour , which brought her hourly wage to $12.25 . write and solve an equation to determine marietta's hourly wage before her raise . show that your answer is reasonable .

Answer 1

12.25= o+.75
o stands for old rate
1. subtract .75 from 12.25 to get 11.5
2. o=11.5
3. show how you can add it back in to the original equation
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