SOLUTION: Your parents invested $2000 in a college fund for you when you were 4 years old. It has doubled in value every 4 yrs. If you are now 16, how much is in your college fund?
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Question 178870: Your parents invested $2000 in a college fund for you when you were 4 years old. It has doubled in value every 4 yrs. If you are now 16, how much is in your college fund? Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x be the initial amount invested
: n is the number of periods it doubles
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16-4=12 years
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12/4=3 periods it has doubled
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4000(2)^3=32000 dollars in the college fund at age 16
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