Chapter 6.3, Problem 36STP

To determine

Calculate the percent of a raise amount that lawyer receive.

Answer to Problem 36STP

The percentage to be raise is $4\%$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given:

It is given in the question that the lawyer earns an annual salary of $\$65,490$ and receive the raise and the raise amount will be $\$68,109.60$ .

Concept Used:

In this, use the concept of percent equation and the equation is $Part=Percent\cdot Whole$ .

Calculation: The raise amount will be $68109.6-65490$ .

In this, the part and the whole are given, looking for a part. Let p represent part.

  $\begin{array}{l}Part=Percent\cdot Whole\\ 2619.6=p\cdot 65490\\ p=\frac{65490}{2619.6}\\ p=0.04\\ p=0.04\times 100\\ p=4\%\end{array}$

Conclusion:

The percent is $4\%$ .