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5 Susie wants to deposit $6,000 into a savings account and plans to leave her money in the account for 10 years. The bank offers two types of savings accounts.

● Account 1: offers 4.5% simple interest
● Account 2: offers 4% interest compounded annually
Which statement about the savings accounts is true?
A Susie should invest her money in Account 1 because the account will earn $300.00 more in interest than Account 2 after 10 years.
B Susie should invest her money in Account 1 because the account will earn $436.35 more in interest than Account 2 after 10 years.
C Susie should invest her money in Account 2 because the account will earn $617.82 more in interest than Account 1 after 10 years.
D Susie should invest her money in Account 2 because the account will earn $181.47 more in interest than Account 1 after 10 years.

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The answer is option D
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