30. Vour brother and sister-in-law want to buy their first house. Write two to four sentences of mortgage advice you want them to know.

What is the approximate balance after 20 years? Choose the correct answer below. \( \begin{array}{ll}\text { A. } \$ 200 & \text { B. } \$ 400 \\ \text { C. } \$ 100 & \text { D. } \$ 10 \\ \text { b) About how fast is the balance increasing after } 20 \text { years? } \\ \text { Choose the correct answer below. } \\ \begin{array}{ll}\text { A. } \$ 5 / y e a r & \text { B. } \$ 200 / y e a r \\ \text { C. } \$ 20 / y e a r & \\ \text { c) Use the answers to parts a) and b) to determine the interest rate. }\end{array} \\ \text { The interest rate is } \square \% .\end{array} \)

2 Jane sells jewellery. Her weekly commission is based on a sliding scale of \( 9 \% \) on the first \( \$ 2500 \) of her sales, \( 5 \% \) on the next \( \$ 5000 \) and \( 1 \% \) thereafter. She also gets a weekly retainer of \( \$ 500 \) Jane's weekly commission

laptop has a listed price of \( \$ 520.99 \) before tax. If the sales tax rate is \( 6.75 \% \), find the total cost of the laptop with sales tax included. ound your answer to the nearest cent, as necessary. \$ \( \square \)

A farm purchased in 2000 for \( \$ 1 \) million was valued at \( \$ 3 \) million in 2008. If the farm continues to appreciate at the same rate (with continuous compounding), when will it be worth \( \$ 14 \) million? Find a function \( \mathrm{A}(\mathrm{t}) \) that gives the current value of the farm. \( \mathrm{A}(\mathrm{t})=\square \) (Type an exact answer.)

\begin{tabular}{ll|l|}\hline A. UNA SERIE DE PAGOS MESUALES SE INICIA HOY CON UN AHORRO DE \( \$ 50.000 \) EN EL MES 1 DE \( \$ 60.000 \), EN \\ EL MES \( 2 \$ 70.000 \) Y ASI SUCESIVAMENIE HASTA LLEGAR A EL MES 23. PARA UNA TASA DE INTERES DEL \( 32 \% \) \\ \hline\end{tabular}