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)
  1. The eighth month of the third year is month 24+8=3224 + 8 = 32.
  2. Months 1–6 are the first six-month period, and month 32 falls in months 31–36, the sixth period.
  3. The first period has no rise, so by the sixth period there have been 5 rises: 540+5×36=720540 + 5 \times 36 = 720.
  4. So the salary is ₦720.00, option C.

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