SOLUTION: Suppose the annual salary of a lecturer at a university is a linear function of the number of years of teaching experience. A lecturer with 9 years of experience is paid $41, 350.

Question 933700: Suppose the annual salary of a lecturer at a university is a linear function of the number of years of teaching experience. A lecturer with 9 years of experience is paid $41, 350. A lecturer with 15 years experience of teaching experience is paid $46, 687.

A). Write a linear function to describe this situation.
B). Use the function to determine the salary of a lecturer with 10 years of experience.
C). Estimate how many years of teaching experience a lecturer must have to earn a salary of $44, 908.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

a linear function:

A). Write a linear function to describe this situation.
A lecturer with years of experience is paid $.
and
....eq.1
A lecturer with 15 years experience of teaching experience is paid $.
and
....eq.2
solve this system to find and
....eq.1
....eq.2
_________________.....subtract eq.1 from eq.2

go to eq.1 substitute m and solve for
....eq.1

your equation is:

B). Use the function to determine the salary of a lecturer with years of experience.

C). Estimate how many years of teaching experience a lecturer must have to earn a salary of $.

years of teaching experience a lecturer must have to earn a salary of $

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