A rich aunt promised you $3,000 one year from today. In addition, each year after that, she has promised you a payment (on the anniversary of the last payment) that is 4% larger than the last payment. She will continue to show this generosity for 15 years, giving a total of 15 payments. If you put these payments in an account that pays 6% interest, how much will you have in this account in 15 years

Juanita and sam attend a beach party and notice that the local beach appears to have a great deal more trash washed up on shore than it did when they were young. the water doesn't appear nearly as clear, and there seems to be less evidence of small water creatures living in the shallows. an afternoon at the local library convinces them that one major cause is the new factory nearby. after some discussion, they decide their next step should be identifying the cause of the changes identifying the problem picketing the guilty factory lobbying their elected representatives to complain about the problem talking to a local environmental group about solutions