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If he gets a <math>10\% </math> raise, then his new salary is <math>1.1</math> of what it was before. He gets <math>4</math> raises, so his new salary is <math>1.1^4</math> of the previous salary. We want to know the percent of increase from <math>1</math>, so we just need <math>1.1^4-1</math> as a percent.
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Assume his salary is originally <math>100</math> dollars. Then, in the next year, he would have <math>110</math> dollars, and in the next, he would have <math>121</math> dollars. The next year he would have <math>133.1</math> dollars and in the final year, he would have <math>146.41</math>. As the total increase is greater than <math>45\%</math>, the answer is <math>\boxed{\text{E}}</math>.  
  
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If you know your powers of <math>11</math> well, then you can just do <math>1.4641-1=.4641>45\% </math>, so the answer is <math>\boxed{\text{E}}</math>
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If you don't know this, then first we note that <math>1.1^4</math> clearly does not have a whole number percent representation, so the only possible choices are <math>\text{A}</math> and <math>\text{E}</math>. We also have <cmath>1.1^4=1.21^2>1.2^2=1.44</cmath>
 
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so the percent is greater than <math>40\% </math> and the only choice left is <math>\boxed{\text{E}}</math>.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 20:16, 26 September 2020

Problem

Mr. Green receives a $10\%$ raise every year. His salary after four such raises has gone up by what percent?

$\text{(A)}\ \text{less than }40\% \qquad \text{(B)}\ 40\% \qquad \text{(C)}\ 44\% \qquad \text{(D)}\ 45\% \qquad \text{(E)}\ \text{more than }45\%$

Solution

Assume his salary is originally $100$ dollars. Then, in the next year, he would have $110$ dollars, and in the next, he would have $121$ dollars. The next year he would have $133.1$ dollars and in the final year, he would have $146.41$. As the total increase is greater than $45\%$, the answer is $\boxed{\text{E}}$.

~sakshamsethi

See Also

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