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Please help!!

You rent an apartment that costs $1800 per month during the first year, but the rent
is set to go up 11.5% per year.
What would be the rent of the apartment during the
10th
year of living in the apartment? Round to the nearest tenth (if necessary).

Please help!! You rent an apartment that costs $1800 per month during the first year-example-1
User Lokanx
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Answer:

4794

Explanation:

User Mauzzam
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Answer:

Rent in 10th year = $5345.90

Explanation:

Rent of apartment during first year = $1800 per month

But growth in rent with 11.5% per year will be represented by the exponential function,

Rent in 't'th year =
\text{Initial rent}(1+\frac{\text{Growth rate}}{100})^{\text{time}}

=
1800(1+(11.5)/(100))^t

=
1800(1.115)^t

Therefore, rent during 10th year will be,

Rent in 10th year =
1800(1.115)^(10)

= $5345.90

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