document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1179982>Question 1179982</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many years will it take for an initial investment of $950 to grow to $14,000 if it is invested today at 6.5% compounded monthly? (Note on formatting: Be sure to include a space and the word, “year” or “years”, and round off to two decimal places. Example: 10.50 years)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #809542 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52781)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=809542\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hello, are you a former book editor at a publishing company ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Believe me, we, the tutors, do not need such instructions as you place in your post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We are not idiots . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also &nbsp;(and beside of it), &nbsp;these instructions are not correct within their meaning:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the answer should be given in years and months, &nbsp;not in decimal numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Excuse me for my words, &nbsp;that may seem to be too sharp to you . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simply saying, &nbsp;I do not like, &nbsp;when a person, &nbsp;who is not a specialist in the subject,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "suddenly gets into a position of a mentor and starts dictate to real experts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let me tell you one my story.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In &nbsp;US, &nbsp;I worked in several &nbsp;Engineering companies for many years.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My managers/supervisors were knowledgeable people;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but no one, &nbsp;even knowledgeable person can not be an experts in all areas, &nbsp;at the same time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, &nbsp;recognizing my skills, &nbsp;expertise and knowledge, &nbsp;my manager, &nbsp;when a new project came, &nbsp;always asked me,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "calling me by my name: &nbsp;&nbsp;\"how we will solve it ?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And I answered then :  &nbsp;&nbsp;\"in this way, &nbsp;and in this way, &nbsp;and in this . . . \".\r<BR>\n" );
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