Question

6. James earns $36,000 and is receiving a $2,500 raise each year. Tommy earns $45,000 and is receivi

a $2,000 raise each year. How many years, y, will it take for James and Tommy to make the same salar
A. 15 years
B. 16 years
C. 17 years
D.
18 years
7. Which of the following is equivalent to the expression shown below?

Answer 1

D. 18 years

Explanation:

Because there is a $9,000 gap in between salaries and James's raise is 500 dollars higher than tommy so just work out how 9000÷500 (we are trying to work out how many 500s it will take to cover the $9,000 gap) then that's your answer just turn that number into years (eg. 12 = 12 years) the fact that the salaries increase doesn't matter cause we are working out the difference in raises (sorry if this sounds like gibberish)