2 Jane sells jewellery. Her weekly commission is based on a sliding scale of 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

You deposit \( \$ 500 \) each month into an account earning \( 6 \% \) interest compounded monthly. a) How much will you have in the account in 20 years? b) How much total money will you put into the account? c) How much total interest will you earn? \( \$ \)

Find the final hourly wage if a \( \$ 9.00 \) starting wage is increased by \( 4.5 \% \) each year for 8 years.

Suppose you want to have \( \$ 700,000 \) for retirement in 25 years. Your account earns \( 4 \% \) interest. a) How much would you need to deposit in the account each month? b) How much interest will you earn?

The original price of a tablet was \( \$ 550 \). During a sale, Melvin was given a 30\% discount for the tablet. How much did he pay for the tablet?

How much would you need to deposit in an account now in order to have \( \$ 3000 \) in the account in 15 years? Assume the account earns \( 5 \% \) interest compounded monthly.