Word problem

[Guest]

Which of the following pay schemes gives you the most money? a. $400 for the first month and a $400 raise each month or b. 1 cent for the first two-week pay period,2 cents for the second two-week period,4 cents for the third two-week period, and so on, the pay doubling each two weeks

[rmiller2015]

Option (b) would give you the most money--but you'd have to wait a while before the benefits become apparent.

In, say, ten months, Option (a) would have you earning $4000 per month.
400 + 9 * 400 = 4000 per month.

On the other hand, Option (b) would have you earning $5242.88 per month.
(0.01)[tex]0.01*(2)^{39}[/tex] = $5242.88 per month.

After that, the $400 per month raise would not be able to keep up with the doubling of Option (b) every two weeks.

[Guest]

ms ling was looking at two car rental plans. under plan A she could rent her cars for x days at a cost of $1113 . under plan B , she could rent the cars for 3 more days for $1358. if she opted for plan B , she could save $23.20 each day (a) write down in terms of x the daily rental rate under plan A (b) write down in terms of x the daily rental rate under plan B (c) form an equation in x and show that it reduces to 116xsquare +1573x-16695=0 (d) solv the equation 116xsquare+1573x-16695=0 (e) hence culculate the daily rental rate based under plan B

[KateCurrie2409]

If 3a +2b+1c=314 and 2a+3b+4c=421, what is the value of 1a+1b+1c? Please help!

[Guest]

Add the two equations to get: 5a+5b+5c=735
Divide both sides by 5 to get: 1a+1b+1c = 147

Hope this helped,

R. Baber.