Question
You take a job with a starting salary of $37,000. Your employer offers you an annual raise of $1500 for the next 6 years. Write a rule for your salary in the Nth year. What are your total earnings in 6 years?
How would you go about solving this problem? We're working on summation formulas, arithmetic and geometric sequences, and Sums of those if that helps!
How would you go about solving this problem? We're working on summation formulas, arithmetic and geometric sequences, and Sums of those if that helps!
Answers
anonymous
x=37000+1500(n-1)
=37000+1500n -1500
x=1500n - 35500
first year: 37000
second year: 38500
third year: 40000
fourth year: 41500
fifth year: 43000
sixth year: 44500
these 6 years numbers are add together and it becomes: $244500
=37000+1500n -1500
x=1500n - 35500
first year: 37000
second year: 38500
third year: 40000
fourth year: 41500
fifth year: 43000
sixth year: 44500
these 6 years numbers are add together and it becomes: $244500
anonymous
x=1500n-35500
i forgot to add that if you sub in 1-6 year in the n and you will get those answer above
i forgot to add that if you sub in 1-6 year in the n and you will get those answer above