Question

Yvonne continues to work full-time at her job while she attends college part-time. It takes 5 years for Yvonne to complete the program, but when she does she is able to increase her salary from $37,000 per year to $45,000 per year. At this rate, Yvonne will have recovered her college costs after 4.5 years. How much did it cost Yvonne to go to college?

Answer 1

Answer:

"$36,000" is the appropriate answer.

Explanation:

According to the question,

The increase her salary will be:

= $45000-37000$

= $8000$ ($)

hence,

The cost Yvonne to go to college will be:

= $8000\times 4.5$

= $36,000$ ($)