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| Question 1087486:  Please help.
 Michael wins $600,000 (after taxes) in the lottery and decides to invest half of it in a 5 year CD that pays 4.95% interest compound monthly.  He invests the other half in a money market fund that retirement account that averages 7.3% interest compounded annually over the 5 year period.  How much money will he have altogether in the two accounts at the end of the 5 year period? show all work
 
 Found 2 solutions by  Boreal, rfer:
 Answer by Boreal(15235)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! The two equations are $300000(1+(0.0495/12)^60, dividing the interest by 12 and having 60 compoundings.
 $300000(1+0.073)^5
 They are equal to $384,050.25 and $426697.27
 That sum is $810,747.52.
 On the calculator, start with the 1 + per cent interest. Raise that to the appropriate power without rounding, then multiply by $300,000, rounding only at the end.
Answer by rfer(16322)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! A) FV=300000(1+0.045/12)^(12*5)
 FV=300000(1.004125)^60
 FV=300000(1.28)
 FV=384,050.00
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 FV=300000(1.073)^5
 FV=300000(1.4223)
 FV=426,697.00
 C)
 384050+426697=810,747.00
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