a.
Money earned by Mr. Patton in the last year.
Answer to Problem 11.2MPS
Mr. Patton will make $
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Starting salary of Mr. Patton = $40000
The hike in Mr. Patton salary every year = $1000
Mr. Patton retires after 35 years.
Formula used:
Nth term of arithmetic sequence:
a = First term of the series.
d = Common difference
n= Number of terms
As we know the income Mr. Patton in increasing by $1000 every year, therefore the common difference(d) will be 1000 i.e.
As the starting salary of Mr. Patton is $40000, therefore
Now finding Mr. Patton salary in his last year or after 35 years by using formula
Here
Mr. Patton salary in his last year will be $
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