Assume that cigarettes cost $9.50 per pack and consider a 20 year old  college student smoker who smokes 16 packs of cigarettes per month. If the  student quits smoking and invests the amount she would have spent on  cigarettes per month in a savings plan that averages 4% compounded  monthly, how much will she have saved by the time she is 65?

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Assume that cigarettes cost $9.50 per pack and consider a 20 year old 
college student smoker who smokes 16 packs of cigarettes per month. If the 
student quits smoking and invests the amount she would have spent on 
cigarettes per month in a savings plan that averages 4% compounded 
monthly, how much will she have saved by the time she is 65?

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