document.write( "Question 370587: Stocks in the health industry depreciated by 5.7% in the first eight months of 1993. Assuming that this trend were to continue, how much would a $70,000 investment be worth in 8 years? (Hint: 8 years corresponds to 12 eight-month periods. Round your answer to the nearest cent.)
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Algebra.Com's Answer #264161 by robertb(5830) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Got an idea, see if this works: Think in terms of 8-month periods. There are 12 8-month periods in 8 years. Hence compounding will look like this: $\"70000%281-0.057%29%5E12+=+70000%2A0.943%5E12+=+34612.93\"$ . Get your fingers crossed! :D \n" ); document.write( "

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