An employee earns $21.87 per hour after receiving a 8 % raise. What was the employee's hourly pay before raise? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

The answer would be $20.12 because you have to multiply the new pay(21.87) by the raise(.08). You should get 1.749, round that up to 1.75 and subtract 1.75 from 21.87. That will be the original pay being $20.12 or $20.1