A salesman is paid commission of 10 per week for each life insurance policy that he has

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A salesman is paid commission of £10 per week for each life insurance policy that he has sold. Each week he sells one new policy so that he is paid £10 commission in the first week, £20 commission in the second week, £30 commission in the third week and so on.

a. Find his total commission in the first year of 52 weeks.

b. In the second year the commission increases to £11 per week on new policies sold, although it remains at £10 per week for policies sold in the first year. He continues to sell one policy per week. Show that he is paid £542 in the second week of his second year. 

c. Find the total commission paid to him in the second year.

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Pearson Edexcel A Level Mathematics Pure Mathematics Year 2

ISBN: 9781292183404

1st Edition

Authors: Greg Attwood, Jack Barraclough, Ian Bettison, David Goldberg, Alistair Macpherson, Joe Petran

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