Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 12 - Review - Exercises - Page 890: 29

Answer

a). $A_{n}=3.2000\times \left( 1.05\right) ^{n-1}\approx 30476.19 \times 1.05 ^{n} $ b) $A_{1}=32.000\$ $ $A_{2}=33600\$ $ $A_{3}=35280\$ $ $A_{4}=37041\$ $ $A_{5}=38896.2\$ $ $A_{6}=40481.01\$ $ $A_{7}\approx 42883.06\$ $ $A_{8}\approx 45027.2\$ $

Work Step by Step

If it increases by $5\% $ we must multiply it by $1.05$ ($\dfrac {100\% +5\% }{100\% }$) So it will create a geometric sequence shown belov $32.000,3.2000\times 1.05,32.000\times \left( 1.05\right) ^{2}\ldots $ So nth year salary will be: $A_{n}=A\times r^{n-1}=3.2000\times \left( 1.05\right) ^{n-1}$ So if we calculate we get $A_{1}=32.000\$ $ $A_{2}=33600\$ $ $A_{3}=35280\$ $ $A_{4}=37041\$ $ $A_{5}=38896.2\$ $ $A_{6}=40481.01\$ $ $A_{7}\approx 42883.06\$ $ $A_{8}\approx 45027.2\$ $
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