Question 1173371:  a.	For their newborn child, parents deposit $10,000 in a college account that pays 8% interest, compounded annually. How much will be in the account on the child’s 17th birthday?  
b.	If the parents in the previous question invested $10,000 in an account paying 8%, compounded quarterly, how much more money would they have after 17 years?  
 
 Answer by Boreal(15235)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! this is 10000(1+.08)^17=$37,000.18 
this becomes 10000(1+(.08/4))^68, divide the interest by the number of times compounded a year then raise to the total number of times compounded. 
=$38,442.51 
They would have $1442.33 more. 
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