Rachelle is offered a new job with Big Time Book Sellers.
Her stating wage is $10.00 per
hour, and she will receive a
$0.50 raise after first year. For
each year that she stayed with
the company after that, her
raise will be $0.50 more than it
was the year before. How
much will Rachelle make per
hour in her 7th year working at
Big Time Book Sellers? How
would you solve the problem?
Explain the steps you would
take. What is your answer?
What is one important detail
from this problem that you
would think people might
commonly miss?