Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Series

Series — practice question

A woman’s basic salary in her first year at a certain company is $\$30\,000$, and when that year ends she is also given a bonus of $\$600$.
(a)[1]

Write her bonus in her first year as a percentage of her basic salary.

(b)[5]

At the end of every full year, her basic salary rises by $3\%$ and her bonus goes up by $\$100$. Write the bonus she receives at the end of her $24$th year as a percentage of the basic salary paid in that year.

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