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A certain loan program offers an interest rate of 4%, compounded continuously. Assuming no payments are made, how much would be owed after six yearson a loan of I300Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest cent

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In order to calculate how much will be owed, we can use the formula below for interest compounded continuously:


A=P\cdot e^(rt)

Where A is the final amount after t years, P is the initial amount and r is the interest rate.

So, using P = 1300, r = 0.04 and t = 6, we have:


\begin{gathered} A=1300\cdot e^(0.04\cdot6)\\ \\ A=1300\cdot e^(0.24)\\ \\ A=1652.62 \end{gathered}

Therefore the amount owed after 6 years is $1652.62.

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