With a starting salary of 8000 and a rise of 500 a year, the salary in the fifteenth year is:
A14500
B16000
C13500
D15000
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 15000
1. Fourteen rises have happened by then.
2. Fourteen times 500 is 7000.
3. The salary is 15000 rupees.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 5, Arithmetic Progressions._
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