an employee currently earning 10,85 per hour has been awarded a 3.5 percent merit raise. ehat will the employee's hourly salary be with this increase?

To calculate the hourly salary after the merit raise, you need to add the merit raise percentage to the current hourly salary.

First, determine the amount of the merit raise by multiplying the current hourly salary by the merit raise percentage:

Merit raise = Current hourly salary * Merit raise percentage

Merit raise = $10.85 * 0.035

Merit raise = $0.37975 (rounded to two decimal places)

Next, add the merit raise amount to the current hourly salary to find the new hourly salary:

New hourly salary = Current hourly salary + Merit raise

New hourly salary = $10.85 + $0.37975

New hourly salary = $11.22975 (rounded to two decimal places)

Therefore, the employee's hourly salary, after the 3.5 percent merit raise, will be approximately $11.23.