document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1131907>Question 1131907</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Margarita is hired by an accounting firm at a salary of $60,000 per year. Three years later her<BR>\n" );
document.write( "annual salary has increased to $70,500. Assume that her salary increases linearly.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. Find an equation that relates her annual salary S and the number of years t that she has<BR>\n" );
document.write( "worked for the firm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. What do the slope and S-intercept of her salary equation represent?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. What will her salary be after 12 years with the firm?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+S+=+3500t+%2B+60000+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+S+=+3500t+%2B+60000+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+t+=+0+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+t+=+0+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the hire date<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is the yearly increase in Salary<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The S-intercept ( t = 0 ) is the salary at her hire date<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+S+=+42000+%2B+60000+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+S+=+42000+%2B+60000+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+S+=+102000+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+S+=+102000+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "$102,000/yr salary after 12 yrs<BR>\n" );
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