And the winners are...
The winners of the April Mathville Puzzle are:
- 1st. place, winner of a $30 gift card to the PVCC Bookstore: Elizabeth Harrison
- 2nd place, winner of a $15 gift card to The Mermaid Coffee Cart: Sean Corbell
- 3rd place, winner of a big Hershey's milk chocolate bar: Anne Kinsley
Winners, please pick up your prizes by Thursday, May 8th at 9 p.m., and please bring your student I.D.
Congratulations to the winners! Thank you to all who played, and please play again next month!
And now for the solution:
Ms. Versine was asked to choose one of these payment plans:
A.
MV$8000 for the first year, and a raise of
MV$1000 per year afterwards; OR
B.
MV$4000 for the first six months, and a raise of
MV$250 every six months afterward.
Surprisingly, the best choice is B.
With plan A, Ms. Versine would get MV$1000 added to her salary every year. With Plan B, she gets $250 added to her salary every six months -- and this makes her salary grow faster, and puts Plan B always ahead of Plan A by $250. Click on the table below to see how much Ms. Versine would make yearly during the first 5 years.
