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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I can not remember what all the variables in this equation means: \"A=p(1+r/n)nt.\" I know that this is interest, and payment. But when I have word problems, I lose what the variables mean and I don't know where to plug which numbers in. Help? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A(t) is the value of the investment at time \"t\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P is the initial deposit or value of the investment at time t=0.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r is the annual interest rate<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n is the number of times the money is compounded in a year<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t is the number of years the money is invested.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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