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Question

in three wks jeremy will receive an 11% raise which will bring his yearly salary to 26,085.

what is jeremy earning now .

Answer 1

$23,714.00

Answer 2

Is there a trick to this ques ? Must you count the month or something?

Maybe i'm thinking too much

Answer 3

23,500. The question is telling you that 26,085 is 100% of his salary + the 11%, so it's 111%. Sooo, one way you can solve it is by figuring out how much is 1% of his salary. Take 26,085 / 111 = 235. 235 is 1% of his salary so 235 * 100 = 23,500, that's 100%, That's what he is making now without his 11% raise.

Answer 4

11% raise means that his salary of 26 085 is 111%.

jeremys salary now

= 100/111 x 26, 085

= 23, 500

Answer 5

1 year = 52 weeks

how many times jeremy needs 52/3 = 14

let a be the salary of jeremy right now

so a + a* 11% = b salary after  first 3 weeks

      b + b*11% = c salary after  second 3 weeks

.........then go on to 14th 3 weeks

you will find a with 26,085 at the end of 14th 3 weeks

Answer 6

Think of it this way:

current salary x 1.11 = future salary.

I got the "1.11" because his future salary is 111% of his current salary.

This is what they mean by an 11% raise: current salary (100%) plus the raise (11%).  

So, current salary = future salary / 1.11

current salary = 26,085 / 1.11 = 23,500

Answer 7

26,085 is 111% of x

26,085      111

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   x            100

111x=2,608,500

x=2,608,500/111

x=23,500

Answer 8

23500

Answer 9

.11x26,085=2,869  26,085-2,869 = 23,216   this is what he makes now...I havnt done math in a while.

Answer 10

He is earning $23,215.65

(26,085)(.11)=2,869.35 <---11% of 26,085

26,085-2,869.35=$23,215.65

EDIT:  Mine is wrong...miscalculation...

Jessica's completely right