Suppose you are offered two jobs. One pays $30,000 the first year with annual raises of $2000 each year. The second offers a starting salary of $27,000 and raises of 8% each year. During your tenth year, what would your yearly salary be from (a) the first job? (b) the secon job?

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Suppose you are offered two jobs.  One pays $30,000 the first year with annual raises of $2000 each year.  The second offers a starting salary of $27,000 and raises of 8% each year.  During your tenth year, what would your yearly salary be from (a) the first job? (b) the secon job?

anonymous · Answer

10 years at Job1: $30,000 + ($2,000 x 10)
10 years at Job2: $27,000 * 1.08^10

anonymous · Answer

Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the series 1+3+9+27+... I have to show the work

anonymous · Answer

Can you figure out the pattern of the series?

anonymous · Answer

not sure

anonymous · Answer

is it 3, 6, 9

anonymous · Answer

How do you get from 1 to 3 to 9 to 27?

anonymous · Answer

multiply by 3