The national science foundation (nsf) offers grants to students who are interested in pursuing a college education. the student must be enrolled full time (12 credit hours or more), and hold a grade point average of 3.8. the nsf will pay $9,500 per year towards tuition for 4 years. the initial amount is placed into an account paying 7.8% compounded annually, and the tuition is drawn from the account until the remaining balance is zero dollars. determine the initial amount invested by the nsf. round your answer to the nearest dollar.

let x be the money she spent so that she can earn the free t-shirt.

since, she already spent $112.49

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also, as per the statement: jennifer must spend $250 or more in order to qualify for a free t-shirt at the store.

then,

we have an inequality i.,e

subtract 112.49 from both sides we get;

therefore, $137. 51 more money does jennifer need to spend so that she can earn the free t-shirt

idk

step-by-step explanation:

so, converting firstly the mixed fractions to improper fractions and then "adding".

3

step-by-step explanation:

divide 13.5 by 9 to get the scale factor. it equals 1.5

2 * 1.5 = 3