Question

The hourly wage increase each employee receives each year depends on their number of years of service. Every three years of service means an increase of $0.50 per hour. So, employees that have been with the company for less than three years can expect to receive an increase of $0.50 per hour. Employees that have been with the company for at least three years, but less than six years can expect an increase of $1.00. Employees that have been with the company for at six years, but less than nine years, receive an increase of $1.50 per hour. And, employees of at least nine years, but less than twelve years receive an increase of $2.00. Write a function to represent this scenario.

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

The wording in the problem statement is ...

... "less than 3 years"

... "at least 3. but less than 6 years"

so we expect the inequality symbols to look like ...

... 0 ≤ x < 3

... 3 ≤ x < 6

These match the second piecewise function.