An employee joins a company with an annual salary of Rs 4,20,000
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Problem
An employee joins a company with an annual salary of Rs 4,20,000. Every subsequent year, his annual salary increases by Rs 18,000.
(i) Explain why the sequence of his annual salaries forms an arithmetic progression. State the first term and the common difference.
(ii) Write an expression for his salary in the nth year.
(iii) Calculate his salary in the 10th year.
(iv) Give one reason to justify whether the amount obtained in part (iii) is reasonable in the context of the data given.