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You can start job A at $10 an hour with a 10% raise each year for 5 years or job B with no raise but an hourly wage of $17 an hour. At 5 years, which job would you be making more money at? *

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At the end of 5 years at job A you will be making 17.70 an hour and at the end of years at job B you will be making 17 an hour.

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At job A you will end up getting more money because $10 plus a raise will give more money.

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