A person received a starting salary of 38,000$ and every year there is an increase of 3%, after ten years what is the total amount she will receive?

you should have a formula for this. its a pretty basic one, but i havent used in in forever. if not you can do each year individually. ex: 38000*1.03=39140 39140*1.03 =40314.2


etc etc for 10 years

first year = 38,000
2nd year = 38,000*1.03
3rd year = 38,000*1.03*1.03 = 38,000*1.03^2
4th year = 38,000*1.03^3
...
10th year = 38,000*1.03^9

sum of all the years is:

since you love to simplify
why not eliminate the separate term and run the sum from 0 to 9

lol oh yeah, heh