Marietta was given a raise of $0.75 per hour, which gave her a new wage of $12.00 per hour. enter and solve an equation to determine marietta's hourly wage, x, before the raise. complete the explanation to show that your answer is reasonable. the equation is( ) = 12.00. marietta's hourly wage before the raise was $ ( ) marietta received a raise that was less than $1.00 per hour, so her new hourly wage should be less than $( ) + $1 = $12.25. her new hourly wage of $12.00 is less than $12.25, so the answer is reasonable.