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Warren was making $100,000 per year. His boss said that he was going to cut his salary 25%, but that Warren shouldn't worry because he would be given a 25% raise the next day. How much will Warren's salary be after the 25% cut and 25% raise? Cut salary: 100,000 * 0.75 = 75,000 New salary after...

A bike is purchased for $200 and sold for $150. Determine the percentage of profit or loss. Since sale price is less than purchase price, we have a loss: Loss = Sale Price - Purchase Price Loss = 150 - 200 Loss = -50 Calculate percent loss: Percent Loss = 100% * Loss / Purchase Price Percent...

Last year I made $50,000 working for a company. This year everyone takes a 9% pay cut. Next year everyone is promised a 15% pay raise. How much will I make next year? Calculate pay cut amount with 9% = 0.09: Pay cut amount = Current Salary * (1 - pay cut percent) Pay cut amount = 50000 * (1 -...

Last year, the 6th grade had 200 students. This year the number decreased 35% How many students are in this year's 6th grade class? 200 decreased by 35% is 130

Brendan bought an aquarium originally priced at $50 but on sale for 50% off. After 12% sales tax, what was the total cost? 50% off of 50 means they pay half, or 1/2(50) = 25. Now, this gets taxed at 12%. So we multiply 25 * 1.12 Total Cost = 25(1.12) Total Cost = $28

The population of a town is currently 22,000. This represents an increase of 40% from the population 5 years ago. Find the population of the town 5 years ago. Round to the nearest whole number if necessary. To get the population 5 years ago, we'd discount the current population of 22,000 by...

A car is bought for $2400 and sold one year later $1440 find the loss as a percentage of the cost price. (2400 - 1440)/2400 960/2400 0.4 As a percentage, we multiply by 100 to get 40%