Question and Answer

Ainsley works for the owners of a bookstore. Her starting salary is $24,500, and she gets a 3% raise each year.

Ainsley works for the owners of a bookstore. Her starting salary is $24,500, and she gets a 3% raise each year.

a. Write an equation in function notation to represent Ainsley’s salary as a function of the number of years she has been working at the bookstore.

b. What will Ainsley’s salary be when she begins her fourth year working at the bookstore? Show your work.