Marietta was given a raise of $0.75 per hour, which gave her a new wage of $12.25 per hour. write and solve an equation to determine mariettas hourly wage before her raise. show that your answer is reasonable is what it says me.

The equation is:

Her hourly wage before her raise was $11.50

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information.

Marietta was given a raise of $0.75 per hour, which gave her a new wage of $12.25 per hour.

Let the previous wage was $x.

It is given that her raise is $0.75, thus the expression is:

This gave her a new wage of $12.25 per hour.

Thus, the equation is:

Now solve for x.

Subtract 0.75 from both the sides.

Hence, her hourly wage before her raise was $11.50

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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