marietta was given a race of $0.75 an hour , which brought her hourly wage to $12.25 . write and solve an equation to determine marietta's hourly wage before her raise . show that your answer is reasonable .
12.25= o+.75 o stands for old rate 1. subtract .75 from 12.25 to get 11.5 2. o=11.5 3. show how you can add it back in to the original equation Hope this helps!
