Katya decided that she could not afford the $48,000 it would cost her to attend college and get her four-year degree. instead, she entered the full-time workforce four years earlier than her peers who went to college. during those four years, she earned a total of $90,000. however, without a college degree, katya made an average of $10,000 less than she could have with a degree every year for the 40 additional years of her career. what was the long-term financial cost of katya deciding to not attend college?

, 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

the answer is "add 2y and y"

step-by-step explanation:

you need to collect the like terms first.

1.) 21

2.) 0.453

3.) 1.5

4.) 48

5.) $ 22

step-by-step explanation: