Piper is deciding whether she should pursue an education in engineering or in public communications. She has researched that a public communications director will make $13,560 less than an engineer each year. If the median salary of an engineer is $73,400, then how much will a public communications director make over a period of 20 years?

A public communications director would make $1,196,800 over a period of 20 years.

Step-by-step explanation:

The median salary of an engineer is $73,400 per year.

Piper has researched that a public communications director makes $13,560 less than this. (so we need to take this amount from the salary of an engineer)

Therefore, we would have that a public communications director would make

73,400 - 13,560 = $59, 840 per year

Now, the problem asks us how much a public communications director will make over a period of 20 years, thus, we have to multiply the amount she will get per year by 20.

Thus, over 20 years she would make: 59,840 x 20 = $1,196,800

answer: it's d

step-by-step explanation:

yes, gavin is right.

step-by-step explanation:

gavin is correct. 

this problem is about converting 9% per year to how many percent per quarter. the rate is still the same. it only differed in the time period. so, through dimensional analysis,

9% per year  × (1 year / 4 quarters) = 2.25% per quarter

if he was asked to convert 9% per year to how many percent per quarter  compounded quarterly, then you will not simply divide by four. this is because compounding is not linear.

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