Jeff owns a coffee shop near a commercial zone. He used to pay $10 per hour to his employees. During the last year he opened three coffee shops in that same area. He could afford to do so because of the low wages. However, Jeff is now paying $15 per hour to his employees. Answer the following questions based on the supply and demand schedule of labor.

, and

for

step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for

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step-by-step explanation: