<span>First year is 30,000.
</span><span>Earn 5% raise every year.
</span>Growth factor is 1.05 this sounds a lot like a geometric ratio.
An = A1 × r^(n-1)Sn = A1 × (1 - r^n) / (1-r)<span>n = 40
A1 = 30,000
A40 = $30,000 * 1.05^39 = $201,142.53
S40 = A1 * (1 - 1.05^40) / (1-1.05) which becomes:
S40 = 30,000 * -6.039988712 / -.05 which becomes:
</span>S40 = -181,199.6614 / -.05 which becomes:
S40 = $3,623,993.227
<span>The individual yearly calculations are shown below: </span>
Rational numbers can be written as a fraction
The answer you are looking for is 339
The relevant rules of exponents are
.. (t^a)^b = t^(a·b)
.. t^a·t^b = t^(a+b)
You have
.. (t^-4)^-9·t^2
.. = t^((-4)*(-9) +2)
.. = t^38 . . . . . . . . . . . selection C
B. -3 and 5
constants are the numbers without variables (the letters) and coefficients are the numbers with variables