SOLUTION: Please help me the answer I came up with for these problems are 6.9315year. What am I doing wrong. Find the time it takes for $5,000 to double when invested at an annual int

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Question 1025186: Please help me the answer I came up with for these problems are 6.9315year. What am I doing wrong.


Find the time it takes for $5,000 to double when invested at an annual interest rate of 1%, compounded continuously.
years
Find the time it takes for $500,000 to double when invested at an annual interest rate of 1%, compounded continuously.
years
Give your answers accurate to 4 decimal places

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the time it takes for $5,000 to double when invested at an annual interest rate of 1%, compounded continuously.
years
Find the time it takes for $500,000 to double when invested at an annual interest rate of 1%, compounded continuously.
years
Give your answers accurate to 4 decimal places
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