If the rate of interest (r) is 9%, then you should be indifferent about receiving $7500 in one year or ________.

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If the rate of interest (r) is 9%, then you should be indifferent about receiving $7500 in one year or ________. 

 

Your parents are planning to retire in 18 years.  They currently have $250,000 and they would like to have $1,000,000 when they retire.  What annual rate of interest would they have to earn on their $250,000 in order to reach their goal, assuming they save no more money? 

 

Stella deposits $45,000 in a savings account at a bank that offers interest of 3.5% on such accounts. What is the value of the money in her savings account in five years’ time?  

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