Employees at Maria's company get a 5% cost-of-living adjustment added to their salary each
year. If Maria currently has a salary of $80,900?
Which equation BEST models this situation to solve for salary (y) in x years? *
HINT : This is a Exponential Growth and Decay problem
A O y = 80900(1.05)*
B O y = 80900(1.5)*
C O y = 0.5(80900)*
D O y = 80900(x)
You need to times 80,900 by the number of years (the exponent) then times that number by 0.5 (5%). Also, the equation for this is y=a(b)* 0.5 is your a, 80900 is your b and your exponent is x
