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suppose that a new employee starts working at $7.03 per hour and receives a 3% raise each year. After time t, in years, his hourly wage is given by the equation y=$7.03(1.03)^t. find the amount of time after which he will be earning $10.00 per hour.

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Solve the following: $10 = $7.03(1.03)^t for t.

log 10 - log 7.03 = tlog 1.03. Solve for t.

1 - 0.847
---------------- = t = 11.77 years (answer)
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Answer:

The amount of time after which he will be earning $10.00 per hour is 11.9 years.

Explanation:

Given : Suppose that a new employee starts working at $7.03 per hour and receives a 3% raise each year. After time t, in years, his hourly wage is given by the equation
y=\$7.03(1.03)^t.

To find : The amount of time after which he will be earning $10.00 per hour ?

Solution :

The equation is
y=\$7.03(1.03)^t.

The amount of time after which he will be earning $10.00 per hour.

i.e. y=$10

Substitute in the equation and solve,


10=7.03(1.03)^t


(10)/(7.03)=(1.03)^t

Taking log both side,


\log ((10)/(7.03))=t\log (1.03)


t=(\log ((10)/(7.03)))/(\log 1.03)


t=11.9

Therefore, the amount of time after which he will be earning $10.00 per hour is 11.9 years.

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