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g Suppose you deposit $1,091.00 into an account 6.00 years from today that earns 12.00%. It will be worth $1,728.00 _____ years from today.

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Solution :

Initial amount is : $1091 .

Rate, r = 0.12 .

Let, amount will be $1728 in t years.

So,


1728 = 1091( 1 + 0.12t )\\\\1 + 0.12t = (1728)/(1091)\\\\1 + 0.12t = 1.58\\\\0.12t = 0.58\\\\t = (0.58)/(0.12)\\\\t = 4.8\ years\\

Hence, this is the required solution.

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