College tuition at Bedrock University has increased $500 per year for the past six years. Wilma is a freshmen this year and paid $10,250 for her tuition. She is curious about her tuition in the coming years and needs this information as motivation to graduate in four years. Assuming the tuition rate increase remains constant, write an equation to represent the tuition at Bedrock University in x years.

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College tuition at Bedrock University has increased $500 per year for the past six years. Wilma  is a freshmen this year and paid $10,250 for her tuition. She is curious about her tuition in the  coming years and needs this information as motivation to graduate in four years. Assuming the  tuition rate increase remains constant, write an equation to represent the tuition at Bedrock  University in x years.

justus · Answer

The tuition will be $500 in x years which could be rolled up to that time for each year and they have a present tuition of $10,250. It will be $500 more in one year's time, it will be 2 times $500 more in two years' time, etc.

Tuition in x years = 10250 + 500x