Hello!
We are trying to figure out Tallulah's salary amount after a certain amounts of years.
To find out what her salary is, we will use the information given in the question.
In the question, we were given her starting salary and the amount she gets for her raise per year.
Starting salary: $40,000
Raise (per year): $2,000
Looking at the information given, we can tell that there would be a trend where we can use the "y = mx + b" equation to help us solve for her salary amount.
- Our "x" in the equation could be replaced with "t" to represent years.
- Our "m" would represent her raise.
- Our "b" would represent her starting salary.
- Our "y" would represent her salary overall.
With this in mind, we can plug in the information we know into the equation and solve our question(s).
Therefore, our equation would be: y = 2000t + 40000
Now let's solve our question(s).
Salary after 4 years:
Plug in "4" to "t" in the equation and solve.
y = 2000(4) + 40000
y = 8000 + 40000
y = 48,000
In 4 years, Tallulah will make $48,000.
Salary after t years:
Use the equation above to find how much she will make in "t" years.
y = 2000t + 40000
Answer:
Salary after 4 years: $48,000
Salary after t years: y = 2000t + 40000