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Suppose that a new employee starts working at $7.05 per hour and receives a 4% raise each year. After time t, in years, his hourly wage is given by the equation y = $7.05(1.04)'. Find the amount of time after which he will be earning $10.00 per hour. After what amount of time will the employee be earning $10.00 per hour? years (Round to the nearest tenth of a year as needed.)

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The hourly wage after t years is given by the expression:


y=7.05*(1.04)^t

In this case, we need to find the amount of time after which he will be earning $10.00 per hour, then we have to solve for t from the above equation, like this:


\begin{gathered} y=7.05*(1.04)^t \\ (y)/(7.05)=(7.05)/(7.05)*(1.04)^t \\ (y)/(7.05)=1*(1.04)^t \\ (y)/(7.05)=(1.04)^t \\ \log ((y)/(7.05))=\log (1.04^t) \\ \log ((y)/(7.05))=t*\log (1.04^{}) \\ t=\frac{\log((y)/(7.05))}{\log(1.04^{})} \end{gathered}

Then, we just have to replace $10.00 for y into the above expression and then calculate the value of t, like this:


t=\frac{\log ((10)/(7.05))}{\log (1.04^{})}=8.9

Then, the

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