The monthly cost of a short term disability insurance policy varies directly as the salary of the employee. Wanda has an annual salary of $32,500, and the monthly cost for her policy is $9.75. Randy has an annual salary of $43,000. What should Randy expect
to pay for his policy?
OA. $17.20
ОВ.
$3.15
OC.
$12.90
OD
$10.75

where are the choices?

, 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