SOLUTION: decides to invest with EASTPAK bank. how much will mike have to invest if he wants to have a sum of $8000 in four years time?

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Question 986183: decides to invest with EASTPAK bank. how much will mike have to invest if he wants to have a sum of $8000 in four years time?
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If the rate of interest expressed as a decimal is and the number of compounding periods per year is then the amount required to invest as a single payment at the beginning of the four year period is:



Plug in your numbers and do the arithmetic.

John

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