SOLUTION: what rate of interest compounded annually is required to triple an investment in 22 years?

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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what rate of interest compounded annually is required to triple an investment in 22 years?
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let r = interest rate in decimal form
let original investment = 1, the resulting amt = 3
= 3
using common logs

log equiv of exponents
22*log(1+r) = log(3)
22*log(1+r) = .477
log(1+r) =
log(1+r) = .0217
Antilog
1 + r = 1.0512
r = 1.0512 - 1
r = .0512 which is 5.12 %
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Check on your calc: enter 1.0512^22 = 2.9997 ~ 3

Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what rate of interest compounded annually is required to triple an investment in 22 years?
Future value formula: 

 ------ RAISING both sides to the  power

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