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Robert accepted a new job at a company with a contract guaranteeing annual raises. Let S represent Robert's salary after working for n years at the company. The table below has select values showing the linear relationship between n and S. Determine Robert's salary when hired.

n. S
2 86000
6. 98000
8. 104000​

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Answer:

74,000

Explanation:

In the year where he got 104,000 the year before he got 6,000 less. The year before 98,000 he got 12,000 less which means that now it would just be 86,000-12,000=74,000

I think this is right but you can double check on a calculator

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