SOLUTION: Mia invests $2,000 in a money market account that earns 5% annual interest, compounded continuously. Approximately how many years will it take her money to grow to the $4,500 she n

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Question 1205115: Mia invests $2,000 in a money market account that earns 5% annual interest, compounded continuously. Approximately how many years will it take her money to grow to the $4,500 she needs for her small business start-up? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
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Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Mia invests $2,000 in a money market account that earns 5% annual interest, compounded continuously.
Approximately how many years will it take her money to grow to the $4,500 she needs for her small
business start-up? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
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Using the formula for continuously compounded account, write

    4500 = .


Divide both sides by 2000

     = .


It is the same as

    2.25 = .


Take natural logarithm of both sides

    ln(2.25) = 0.05*t,

    t =  = 16.22


Round to one decimal place

    t = 16.2 years.    ANSWER

Solved.

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Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

This formula says, when an amount is invested for the time '' with the interest rate is % compounded continuously, then the final amount is,


The initial amount is .
The interest rate is, % =
The amount after years =
Time is, =?



....take natural log of both sides

...




it will take her years for money to grow to the $


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