The infinite series description of trig functions is much neater when the argument is radians. For example, for small angles, sin(x) ≈ x when x is in radians. You could say that radians is the "natural" measurement unit for angles, just as "e" is the "natural" base of logarithms.

If the angle measure were degrees or grads or arcseconds, obnoxious scale factors would show up everywhere.

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A manufacturing plant earned $80 per man-hour of labor when it opened. Each year, the plant earns an additional 5% per man-hour.

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A function that gives the amount that the plant earns per man-hour t years after it opens is $\mathrm{A}(\mathrm{t})=80 \times 1.05^{\mathrm{t}}$

<h3><u>Solution:</u></h3>

Given that

A manufacturing plant earned $80 per man-hour of labor when it opened.

Each year, the plant earns an additional 5% per man-hour.

Need to write a function that gives the amount A(t) that the plant earns per man-hour t years after it opens.

Amount earned by plant when it is opened = $80 per man-hour

As it is given that each year, the plants earns an additional of 5% per man hour

So Amount earned by plant after one year = $80 + 5% of $80 = 80 ( 1 + 0.05) = (80 x 1.05)

Amount earned by plant after two years is given as:

$=(80 \times 1.05)+5 \% \text { of }(80 \times 1.05)=(80 \times 1.05)(1.05)=80 \times 1.052$

Similarly Amount earned by plant after three years $=80 \times 1.05^{t}$

$\begin{array}{l}{\Rightarrow \text { Amount earned by plant after } t \text { years }=80 \times 1.05^{t}} \\\\ {\Rightarrow \text { Required function } \mathrm{A}(t)=80 \times 1.05^{t}}\end{array}$

Hence a function that gives the amount that the plant earns per man-hour t years after it opens is $\mathrm{A}(t)=80 \times 1.05^{t}$

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