Social security tax that is 6.2% of his gross pay
medicare tax that is 1.45% of his gross pay
state tax that is 19% of his federal tax
determine how luis' net pay will be affected if he increases his federal withholding allowances from 2 to 3.
a. his net pay will decrease by $19.00
his net pay will increase by $19.00.
his net pay will decrease by $22.61.
d. his net pay will increase by $22.61

step-by-step explanation:

, and

for

step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

, and for