document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=260610>Question 260610</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your favorite aunt put money in a savings account for you. The account earns simple interest; that is, it increases by a fixed amount each year. After 2 years your account has $8250 in it and after 5 years it has $9375. Let x represent number of years and y amount of money in your account.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. Construct a linear equation to model the amount of money in your account after  X years.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got    y=375x + 8248 not sure if it's correct\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. How much did your aunt put in initially?   I got $8,248\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C. How much will your account have after 10 years? I got $11,998 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #191974 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=191974\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> So what did you do to make the equation? What formulas did you use?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the slope?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How did you get what you got?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Where is your work?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They look like pure bad guesses to me.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After two years $8248 earned $2 in interest but after ten years it is going to earn over $3000 ?  <BR>\n" );
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