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A student is offered two different summer jobs. Job A lasts 16 weeks and pays $400.00 per week. Job B lasts 4 months and pays $1,300.00 per month, with monthly raises of 10% of the previous month's salary. How much more does the student earn by accepting Job A (rounded to the nearest cent)

 

a.$366.70

b.$264.00

c.$675.50

d.680.00

 Jul 23, 2016
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First job total pay = 16 * 400 =  $6400

 

Second job total pay = 1300 + 1300*1.10 + 1300*1.10^2  + 1300*1.10^3 = $6033.30

 

So    $ [ 6400 - 6033.30 ]  =  $366.70

 

 

cool cool cool

 Jul 23, 2016

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