Rita earns $17.00 per hour. if she gets a 6% raise, what will be her new hourly wage?

The best thing to do is to find 1% and then multiply it by 6.
To do this, you have to divide 17.00 by 100
17.00/100= 0.17
0.17*6= 1.02
Therefore, her hourly increase is $1.02
Making her new hourly rate $18.02 
Hope this helps :) 

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