document.write( "Question 304696: . If you earned an average of
\n" ); document.write( "$25,000 over your working life and you retire after 2005 at
\n" ); document.write( "age 62, 63, or 64, then your annual Social Security benefit
\n" ); document.write( "will be $7000, $7500, or $8000, respectively.
\n" ); document.write( "There is a linear equation that gives the annual benefit b in terms of age a for
\n" ); document.write( "these three years. Find the equation.
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If you earned an average of
\n" ); document.write( "$25,000 over your working life and you retire after 2005 at
\n" ); document.write( "age 62, 63, or 64, then your annual Social Security benefit
\n" ); document.write( "will be $7000, $7500, or $8000, respectively.
\n" ); document.write( "There is a linear equation that gives the annual benefit b in terms of age a for
\n" ); document.write( "these three years. Find the equation.
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\n" ); document.write( "Pick two points:
\n" ); document.write( "(0,7000),(1,7500)
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\n" ); document.write( "slope: 500/1
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\n" ); document.write( "Form: y = mx + b
\n" ); document.write( "7500 = 500*1+b
\n" ); document.write( "b = 7000
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "Benefit = 500(x)+7000 where \"x\" is the number of years after age 62
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