document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=243867>Question 243867</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am suppose to find out if this equations S= -0.0643t^2 + 3.2152t + 23.9801 is a good equation to base off a companies salary. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I figured it wasn't because it happens to be a parabole that goes down after 25 years of experience. I thought of tbe possibility of people staying at a job for 25 years is highly unlikely but possible... so I figured 18yrs + 25yrs = 43 years of age.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So I figured lowering a employees salary at the age of 44 and on was unethical.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plus the pay rate increase beforehand  was just way to fast and high...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What would you suggest would be a good solution for this company to pay salaries in a equation. It doesn't have to be a quadratic equation but I must be able to graph it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In general, I agree with your analysis.  Actually, lowering people's salary based solely on their age is more than unethical, it is illegal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My personal experience has been that I've seen about a 5% increase per year since 1988 -- but that is not necessarily typical.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you had to write a formula for a company, you would first have to define job categories and pick a base starting salary for each, call that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large S_b\">.  Then you would have to select a percentage rate, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\">, of increase for each one.  Then for job class number 1 current salary, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large S_c\">, you could write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ S_c\ = S_b(1\ +\ r)^t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\"> is the number of years of employment.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So if the starting salary were say $50K and the rate of increase were 4%, then a graph of:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ S_c(t)\ = 50000(1\ +\ .04)^t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would look like the red line and\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ S_c(t)\ = 40000(1\ +\ .05)^t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would look like the green line\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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