document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=830633>Question 830633</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me I'm having trouble with this problem: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "You work as a dental assistant where you are given a $0.75 per hour raise each year.  In year three, (after two raises), you earn $9.50 per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an equation that models your hourly wage, w, in terms of the number of years, n, since you started as a dental assistant. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What was your starting hourly wage as a dental assistant?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #500743 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><B>JulietG(1812)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><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=JulietG><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=500743\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you're now making $9.50/hr after two raises, what were you making last year?  $9.50 - 0.75 = $8.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The year before that, you were making $8.75 - 0.75, or $8.00<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Putting this into an equation, with w as your starting wage:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9.50 -.75(n-1) = w<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The reason you use n-1 instead of n is because you get the raise AFTER the first year [\"In year three, (after two raises...\"] </SPAN>\n" );
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