Question

Your friend earns $10.50 per hour. This is 125% of her hourly wage last year. How much did your friend earn per hour last year?

Answer 1

You would take 125/100 times x(last year's wage) and that should = $10.50 so that would be:
 1.25x=10.50
x=10.50/1.25
x=$8.40