an employee's new salary is $27,195 after getting a 5% raise. what was the salary before the increase pay?
a basketball player completed 43.6% of his field goals in the most recent season. he made 285 field goal. how many did he attempt?
1.05x = 27,195
x = ?
I showed you how to figure the second problem.
An employee has an annual salary of $26,965. After he arranges to have deducted from his salary 12% for the purchase of bonds, 17% for federal withholding tax, and 3% for a retirement fund, what is the amount of his monthly check?
28.500 / 3%
To find the employee's salary before the increase, you need to first determine the raise amount and then subtract it from the new salary. Here's how you can calculate it:
1. Convert the percentage raise to a decimal. In this case, the raise is 5%, so divide it by 100: 5/100 = 0.05.
2. Calculate the raise amount by multiplying the old salary by the raise percentage: raise_amount = old_salary * 0.05.
3. Subtract the raise amount from the new salary to find the old salary: old_salary = new_salary - raise_amount.
Using the given information, let's solve the problem step-by-step:
1. The new salary after the raise is $27,195.
2. Calculate the raise amount: raise_amount = $27,195 * 0.05 = $1,359.75.
3. Subtract the raise amount from the new salary to find the old salary: old_salary = $27,195 - $1,359.75 = $25,835.25.
Therefore, the employee's salary before the raise was $25,835.25.
Now let's move on to the basketball player's question:
To find the number of attempted field goals, you can divide the number of made field goals by the field goal percentage. Here's how you can calculate it:
1. Convert the field goal percentage to a decimal. In this case, the percentage is 43.6%, so divide it by 100: 43.6/100 = 0.436.
2. Divide the number of made field goals by the field goal percentage to find the number of attempted field goals: attempted_field_goals = made_field_goals / field_goal_percentage.
Using the given information, let's solve the problem step-by-step:
1. The number of made field goals is 285.
2. Convert the field goal percentage to a decimal: field_goal_percentage = 43.6/100 = 0.436.
3. Divide the number of made field goals by the field goal percentage to find the number of attempted field goals: attempted_field_goals = 285 / 0.436 = 653.211.
Since you cannot have a fraction of a field goal attempt, we round the result to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the basketball player attempted approximately 653 field goals.