vickie earns $20,000 a year as a bookkeeper. if she receives a raise of 2%, how could her new total salary be represented?
1. 0.02($20,000)
2. $20,000/0.02
3. 0.02($20,000)+ 0.02
4. 0.02($20,000)+ $20,000
5. $20,000/0.02 + $20,000
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Her new salary would not be $400.
To calculate Vickie's new total salary after a 2% raise, you would need to add the 2% increase to her current salary of $20,000.
So the correct equation would be:
4. 0.02($20,000) + $20,000
This equation takes the 2% of $20,000 and adds it to the original salary of $20,000 to find the new total salary.
To calculate Vickie's new total salary after a raise of 2%, you need to add the raise amount to her current salary.
The raise amount can be calculated by multiplying her current salary by the raise percentage, which is 2%.
So, the correct representation for Vickie's new total salary would be:
4. 0.02($20,000) + $20,000
Explanation:
- 0.02($20,000) represents the raise amount, which is calculated by multiplying 0.02 (2% written as a decimal) with Vickie's current salary of $20,000.
- Adding the raise amount to her current salary gives us the new total salary.