Question

Rita Fernandez is given a starting salary of $35,000 and promised a $1400 raise per year after each of the next 8 years.

a) Determine her salary during her 8th year of work.

b)Determine the total salary she recieved over the 8 years

Answer 1

Okay so she starts with a $35,000 salary. And then is given a $1,800 raise every year for the next 8 years. This is basically just addition.

$35,000 = Starting Salary
$35,000 + $1,800 = First year after that.
So she would then have $36,800 after the first raise. Now just go and add $1,800 to that number 7 times.