Ali has worked at a fashion magazine for the last 5 years. Her current annual salary is $64,000. When she was hired, she was told that she had four days of paid vacation time. For each year that she worked at the magazine, she would gain another three days of paid vacation time to a maximum of 26 days. How many paid vacation days does she now get at the end of 5 years of employment?

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Jeffrey Wilkinson

Mathematics

13 September, 22:20

Ali has worked at a fashion magazine for the last 5 years. Her current annual salary is $64,000. When she was hired, she was told that she had four days of paid vacation time. For each year that she worked at the magazine, she would gain another three days of paid vacation time to a maximum of 26 days. How many paid vacation days does she now get at the end of 5 years of employment?

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Krystal Mitchell · Answer 1

19 days

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Ali gained 3 days each year, she has gained ...

(3 days/yr) * (5 yr) = 15 days

Added to the 4 days she started with, her vacation time is now ...

4 days + 15 days = 19 days