An Employee of Stenton Printing Whose Current Annual Salary Is

question 39

Multiple Choice

An employee of Stenton Printing whose current annual salary is $41,000 has the option of taking an annual raise of 8%/year for the next 4 yr or a fixed annual raise of $1,200/year. Which option would be more profitable to him considering his total earnings over the 4-yr period? ​

• A) Annual raise of $1,200 / year
• B) Annual raise of 8% / year

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An early 19th-century French biologist known for his theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics, a precursor to Darwin’s theory of evolution.

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