document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=703764>Question 703764</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Social Security recipients receive an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) once each year. Their monthly benefit is increased by the amount that consumer prices increased during the preceding year. Suppose that consumer prices have increased by 6.1% during the preceding year. <BR>\n" );
document.write( " (a) Express the adjusted monthly benefit of a Social Security recipient as a function of his or her current monthly benefit. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #433722 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=433722\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the benefit for the previous year was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and a COLA of 6.1% is added, the new benefit would be<BR>\n" );
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