Question

John makes $400 per week. What does it mean for him to get a 150% salary raise? Explain in words and then give an example showing a calculation.

Answer 1

It says the raise is 150% so the raise is 1.5 times his present salary.
new salary = 400 + 600 = 1000

If it has been: his new salary is 150% of the old salary, then his new
salary would have been 150% of 400 = 1.5(400) = 600

The wording in these king of problems is often confusing.

e.g. suppose the new salary is 600, the raise was 200
and the percentage is 200/400 = 1/2 or 50%, so he got a 50% raise

suppose the new salary is 1000, so the raise was 600
and the percentage is 600/400 = 1.5 = 150%, so he got a 150% raise

Answer 2

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