One of Krista’s classmates, Steven, has also been saving. His parents opened a compound interest account for him when he was a baby. They made an initial investment of 500 and the account had a 2.5% interest rate. How much more money does Steven have in his account than Krista has in her account, after 18 years?

Solución

Solución

Amount : 779.83

Pasos de solución

Translate the problem into an equation:

A = 500 (1 + \frac{0.025}{1})^{1 \cdot 18}

500 (1 + \frac{0.025}{1})^{1 \cdot 18} = 779.82935 \dots

Round to the nearest hundredth:

779.83

Amount : 779.83

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