Kyle received his paycheck in the mail today. however, he thinks there is a mistake in the amount he was paid. the total amount before taxes were taken out was $492.36. if the taxes totaled to $73.85, what should be the amount on his paycheck?
. i tried doing this myself but when i take 73.85 from 492.36 i get 421.51, can you me figure out where i'm going wrong?

Your simple answer is 418.51 I know..math is the worst

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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

3

step-by-step explanation:

divide 13.5 by 9 to get the scale factor. it equals 1.5

2 * 1.5 = 3