Kevin has just finished paying off his loan. he was assessed a service charge of $422. he paid off the principal and the interest by making weekly payments of $36.13 for four years. if the principal was $7,150, how much did kevin pay in finance charges, to the nearest dollar

The answer is  D.) 787

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step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

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