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Lona received a stamp collection from her grandmother. The collection is in a leather book and currently has
Complete the table at right.
Continue adding
to find months . How many stamps will Lona have one year from now?
Continue the table to month
. Write an equation using function notation to represent the total number of stamps that Lona has in her collection after
months. Let the total be represented by . Remember that the initial amount was
stamps and the rate is stamps per month. Solve your equation from part (c) for
when . Will Lona be able to fill her book exactly with no stamps remaining? How do you know? When will the book be filled? Substitute
for .
Month | Stamps |
Month row 1 | stamps row 1 |
Month row 2 | stamps row 2 |
Month row 3 | stamps row 3 blank |
Month row 4 | stamps row 4 blank |
Month row 5 | stamps row 5blank |
Month row 6 | stamps row 6blank |