document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=988482>Question 988482</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you walk into the bank and see a sign advertising a cd special this week only. it offers 5.5% per year on any investment of 4 years. you check your bank account balance and decide you can afford to invest $500 and you buy the cd(spend the $500 on a cd). what is the total value of the account after 4 years? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer depends on how many times the interest is compounded each year.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  FV\ =\ P\left(1\ +\ \frac{r}{n}\right)^{nt}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large FV\"> is the future value, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large P\"> is the principal invested, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\"> is the interest rate expressed as a decimal, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large n\"> is the number of compounding periods per year, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\"> is the number of years.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Once you have all of the information, plug in the numbers and do the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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