SOLUTION: If 6000 dollars is invested in a bank account at an interest rate of 5 per cent per year compounded continuously. How many years will it take for your balance to reach 20000 dolla

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Question 1205986: If 6000 dollars is invested in a bank account at an interest rate of 5 per cent per year compounded continuously. How many years will it take for your balance to reach 20000 dollars
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ignoring small fractional part, about 24 years

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approximately



approximately

It takes about 24.079 years depending how you round the final answer.

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This rounds to 20,000 when rounding to the nearest cent.

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