Joe told Mickey he got an hourly raise at work and his new rate will be $10.25 per hour. Mickey wants to know what Joe’s hourly rate was before his raise. If r represents the amount of the raise, which expression represents Joe’s hourly rate before his raise? r minus 10.25
10.25 minus r
10.25 + r
r + 10.25

Abank manager wants to encourage new customers to open accounts with principals of at least $2,500. he decides to make a poster advertising a simple interest rate of 3%. what must the principal be if the bank manager also wants to advertise that one can earn $10 the first month? can the poster correctly say, "open an account of $2 comma 500 and earn at least $10 interest in 1 month! "?