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Emily got a newjob that guarantees her a 6% raise every year. If she started out making 25,000, how long will it be before she doubles her current salary
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Emily got a newjob that guarantees her a 6% raise every year. If she started out making 25,000, how long will it be before she doubles her current salary

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It would take about 17 years for her to double her salary, since the salary is increasing 1,500 dollars a year. This means we divide 25,000/1,500 to get 16.66666 which we can round to 17.
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