You have worked as a guide at the aquarium for two summers. This summer you have been offered the job again, but with a 4 percent raise. Last summer you worked two and a half months and earned a total of $1,875. How much more will you earn per month this summer than you did the last two summers? What will your earnings be for the entire summer?

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Rodney

Mathematics

25 October, 21:40

You have worked as a guide at the aquarium for two summers. This summer you have been offered the job again, but with a 4 percent raise. Last summer you worked two and a half months and earned a total of $1,875. How much more will you earn per month this summer than you did the last two summers? What will your earnings be for the entire summer?

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Alyssa Cobb · Answer 1

ok i did 1875/2.5 months and got 750 then i took 750 and multiplied it by. 04 and got 30

so 750+30 = 780

780*2.5 = 1950

so you earned 30 more dollars each month so the entire summer you worked you got $1950