An employer provides two payment options for employees. Option A: Receive $200 the first week. Receive an additional $50 for each of the following weeks.
Option B: Receive $200 the first week. Receive an additional 10% for each of the following weeks.
(Score for Question 1: ___ of 2 points)
1. Complete the tables to show how much money would be received for both payment options, each week, for 6 weeks.
Option A:
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6
Amount Paid
Option B:
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6
Amount Paid



(Score for Question 2: ___ of 8 points)
2. Suppose you are a new employee. You notice that each payment option describes a sequence and decide to use rules to help determine which option to take.
(a) Determine the iterative rule for each sequence. Show your work.
(b) Your friend trusts your tables in Problem 1, but wonders if you wrote the iterative rules correctly. Show two calculations to convince your friend that both your rules work.


(Score for Question 3: ___ of 5 points)
3. Consider the iterative rules you wrote in Problem 2.
(a) Explain why the rules are functions.
(b) Your friend says that because the rules are functions, they can be graphed and must have y-intercepts. How would you respond to your friend’s comment?
(c) Your friend uses your rules to determine the outputs when the inputs are 18.5. Explain why her outputs are meaningless in this situation. What would you tell her about the inputs she can use?