After college graduation, Mario received employment offers from two companies. The first company offered a yearly salary of $31,
000 with an annual raise of $1,500 and the second company offered a starting salary of $28,500 with an annual raise of $2,000. How many years will it take for the salaries to be the same?
The first thing we must do for this case is to define a variable: x: number of years y: total salary We have then: For first company: y = 1500x + 31000 For second company: y = 2000x + 28500 Equaling both equations we have: 1500x + 31000 = 2000x + 28500 Clearing x: 2000x - 1500x = 31000 - 28500 500x = 2500 x = 2500/500 x = 5 Answer: It will take for the salaries to be the same about: x = 5 years
I’ll give you the awnser from them all, but the show your work from just one. Hopefully you can figure it out. If not, reply with specific things you don’t understand and Ill try to talk it out with you. I struggled alot with this stuff when I was in your age too.