Question

One newspaper reported that the mayor received a salary increase of 5%. Another paper reported that the mayor's salary went up $2000. What was the mayor's salary before the increase?

Answer 1

Before increase, the mayor's salary was `$40000`

Explanation:

Let the mayor's salary before increase was `$x`

The increase is `$2000` ,which is `5%` of his salry before.
So `x*5/100=2000 :. x=(100*2000)/5=$40000`.

Before increase, the mayor's salary was `$40000` [Ans]