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document.write( "Each year Darlene received a 20 percent salary increase over what she had been paid the year before. She worked for the company for 3 full years. If her total salary for three years was $29,120, how much did she make the first year? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " She worked for the company for 3 full years.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If her total salary for three years was $29,120, how much did she make the first year?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = salary paid the 1st year<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use the compound interest equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*(1.2)^3 = 29120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.728x = 29120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=29120%2F1.728 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"29120%2F1.728\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 16,851.85, the first year </SPAN>\n" );
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