Peach Produces pays its employees by the formula, P (b)= 5/2b+ 45, where P (b) is the employee's total daily pay and b is the number of bushels of peaches picked. According to the formula, what is the rate employees are paid per bushel of peaches picked?

Answer is d = 121.51  use the compound interest formulae    a = p (1 + (r/12)/100)^(12*n)  run 2 case  p = 1700  r = 18.7, r = 12.5  n = 1 (as the problem is asking over the course of a year)  solve for a for both the r and subtract the two values of a to obtain ~121.51