Question

The hourly wage increases each employee receives each year depends on the number of years of service. Every three years of service means an increase of $0.50 per hour. So, employees that have been with the company for less than three years can expect to receive an increase of $0.50 per hour. Employees that have been with the company for at least three years, but less than six years can expect an increase of $1.00 per hour. Employees that have been with the company for at six years, but less than nine years, receive an increase of $1.50 per hour. And, employees of at least nine years, but less than twelve years receive an increase of $2.00 per hour. Choose a function to represent this scenario

Answer 1

________{0.50 if x < 3

________{1.00 if 3 ≤ x < 6

f(x) = ____{1.50 if 6 ≤ x < 9

________{2.00 if 9 ≤ x < 12

Explanation:

Given the information above :

Less than Employees = $0.5 increase per hour

Atleast 3 but less than 6 years employees = $1.00 increase per hour

Atleast 6 but less than 9 years employees = $1.50 increase per hour

Atleast 9 but less than 12 years employees = $2.00 increase per hour

The information above can be written as a piecewise function :

________{0.50 if x < 3

________{1.00 if 3 ≤ x < 6

f(x) = ____{1.50 if 6 ≤ x < 9

________{2.00 if 9 ≤ x < 12

The constraints is represented in the piecewise function above with x being the number of years since employee has been in service.