After harvey islip's performance review, he received a merit increase of 3.65% and a cola of 3.35%. he now earns $24.00 an hour. what was his hourly wage, to the nearest cent, before the merit and cola increases? express your answer in dollars and cents.

the answer is:

the answer is:

to solve the problem, we need to remember the quotient of power property, it's defined by the following relation:

if we have a quotienf of powers that have the same base, we need to keep the same base and subtract the exponent of the denominator power to the exponent of the numerator power.

so, we are given the expression:

then, calculating we have:

hence, the answer is:

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