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Exercise 16

Avg difficulty 2.5

For each of the following scenarios, determine which formula from sections 2.2-2.4 to use and solve the problem.

Sol is managing investments for a non-profit company. They want to invest some money in an account earning 5% APR compounded annually with the goal to have $30,000 in the account in 6 years. How much should Sol deposit into the account?

Lee et al., Math in Society, §2.4 Loan Payments, Exercise 16

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