document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1000722>Question 1000722</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine the present value P you must invest to have the future value. A at simple interest rate r after time t.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A-2,000 r-5.5% t-4 years  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A-2,000 r-5.5% t-4 years <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A(t) = P(1+(r/n))^(n*t)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2000 = P(1+(0.055))^(1*4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2000 = P(1.2388)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = $1614.43<BR>\n" );
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