A trainee engineer is offered a monthly stipend that starts at Rs. 8000 and is increased by a fixed amount of Rs. 500 every month.
Answer the following questions, taking the first stipend as the stipend for Month 1.
(i) Find the stipend the trainee will receive in the 18th month.
(ii) Calculate the total amount of stipend the trainee will have received from Month 1 through Month 18 (inclusive).