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Question 506112: I have a word problem : If jane has a job offer at 36,000 a year with a 2,000 raise every year and another job offer 28,000 plus a raise of 3,000 a year at how many years from now would it take her to be making the same pay at each job?
How do I figure this out? Thank you!
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Express all dollar values in thousands -- gets rid of a bunch of pesky zeros.

Let represent the number of years on the job.

Salary #1 . $36K plus $2K per year.



Salary #2 . $28K plus $3K per year.



They will be making the same salary when

So:



Solve for

John

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