Answer:
$41739.13
Step-by-step explanation:
We will start by creating an equation for the problem.
Set Rodney's salary before the increase as [tex]x[/tex].
Changing the 15% to a decimal and making sure it's an increase we get 1.15
If we work backwards we get the equation:
[tex](1.15)x=48000[/tex]
[tex]\text{Solving for } x\text{ we divide }48000 \text{ by } 1.15 \text{ and we get the answer of } 41739.13[/tex]
