JAMB 1993 · UME · Q22
A man's initial salary is ₦540.00 a month and it increases after each period of six months by ₦36.00 a month. Find his salary in the eighth month of the third year.
Worked solution (try it first)
- The eighth month of the third year is month .
- Months 1–6 are the first six-month period, and month 32 falls in months 31–36, the sixth period.
- The first period has no rise, so by the sixth period there have been 5 rises: .
- So the salary is ₦720.00, option C.