Q:

Justine earned $26,000 during the first year of her job at city hall. After each year she received a 3% raise. Find her total earnings during the first five years on the job. A. $138,037.53 B. $1,004,704.20 C.$4,020.51 D.$108,774.30 And could you show your work I need to see if i got my math right

Accepted Solution

A:
To find how much each percentage is you need to make each one a fraction so 3/100 x 26000/1 your answer is 780 for 3 percent so her first raise makes it 26780 and 26000 plus 26780 is 52780 then keep adding 780 to 26000. So your answer would be A i think