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Hal earns n dollars per hour. Next month he will receive a 2 percent raise in pay per hour The expression n+0.02n is one way to represent Hal's pay per hour after the raise. Write an equivalent simplified expression that will represent his pay per hour after the raise.

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Let us write the equivalent expression by combining like terms:

n+0.02n1n+0.02n1.02n\begin{align*} n+0.02n\\ 1n+0.02n\tag{The coefficient of $n$ is $1$}\\ \boxed{1.02n}\tag{We added like terms} \end{align*}

The equivalent expression\textbf{equivalent expression} is 1.02n1.02n.

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