SOLUTION: A deposit of $5000 in a savings account reaches a balance of $5865.22 after 8 years. The interest on the account is compounded quarterly. What is the annual interest rate of the ac

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Question 993437: A deposit of $5000 in a savings account reaches a balance of $5865.22 after 8 years. The interest on the account is compounded quarterly. What is the annual interest rate of the account?
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where is the future value, is the present value or invested principal, is the decimal representation of the annualized interest rate, is the number of compounding periods per year, and is the number of years.

So solve the following for then calculate :



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