3. Gavin deposited $1500 into his savings account that is compounded quarterly at an interest rate of 1.5%. How much money will Gavin have after 5 years? Must show setup and answer for credit.
Accepted Solution
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Answer:[tex]\$1,616.60[/tex] Step-by-step explanation:we know that The compound interest formula is equal to [tex]A=P(1+\frac{r}{n})^{nt}[/tex] where A is the Final Investment Value P is the Principal amount of money to be invested r is the rate of interest in decimal
t is Number of Time Periods n is the number of times interest is compounded per year
in this problem we have [tex]t=5\ years\\ P=\$1,500\\ r=1.5\%=1.5/100=0.015\\n=4[/tex] substitute in the formula above [tex]A=1,500(1+\frac{0.015}{4})^{4*5}[/tex] [tex]A=1,500(1.00375)^{20}[/tex] [tex]A=\$1,616.60[/tex]