document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=585428>Question 585428</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PLZ help!! i dunno if i did this right?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Howard put $35,000 into a balanced mutual fund 15 years ago and his investment today is worth $121,587. What was his average annual rate of return?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "my answer is 16.5% </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " What was his average annual rate of return?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let r = interest rate in decimals<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "35000*(1+r)^15 = 121587<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1+r)^15 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=121587%2F35000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"121587%2F35000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1+r)^15 = 3.4739<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15*log(1+r) = log(3.4739)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(1+r) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=.54081%2F15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\".54081%2F15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(1+r) = ,03054<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the antilog (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10%5Ex ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10%5Ex\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 + r = 1.08656<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 1.08656 - 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = .08656 which 8.656% rate of return </SPAN>\n" );
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