“a company had a position that had a starting salary of 38,000 with an annual raise of 550. choose the equation below that gives the salary of this position.”

The person doesn't get a raise when they first get the job, so the salary would be 38000 + 550 * (n-1). Plugging 13 into this, we get 38000 + 550(12) = 44600 so the second one