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A round table can be made square by dropping the four leavAt the end of everymonth Elle Deposits $500 into a savings account,with an anual interest rate of 6% compounded monthly.How much interrest will be earned at the end of 4 years?

I am very confused about what to do

Originally Posted by Rimas

A round table can be made square by dropping the four leavAt the end of everymonth Elle Deposits $500 into a savings account,with an anual interest rate of 6% compounded monthly.How much interrest will be earned at the end of 4 years?

I am very confused about what to do

I'm very confused about the question! What does a savings account have to do with a round table??

-Dan

Originally Posted by topsquark

I'm very confused about the question! What does a savings account have to do with a round table??

-Dan

Copy/Paste problem?

RonL

Originally Posted by Rimas

A round table can be made square by dropping the four leavAt the end of everymonth Elle Deposits $500 into a savings account,with an anual interest rate of 6% compounded monthly.How much interrest will be earned at the end of 4 years?

I am very confused about what to do

I assume you were asking the question that's highlighted, and then decided to ask the composite interest problem?

Sry about that a typing error this is the real question
:At the end of everymonth Elle Deposits $500 into a savings account,with an anual interest rate of 6% compounded monthly.How much interrest will be earned at the end of 4 years?

Hello, Rimas!

At the end of every month, Elle deposits $500 into a savings account
with an annual interest rate of 6% compounded monthly.
How much interest will be earned at the end of 4 years?

This is an annuity problem which has this formula:

. . . . . . . . .(1 + i)^n - 1
. . A . = . D ----------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . i

where D is the periodic deposit, i is the periodic interest rate,
. . n is the number of periods, and A is the final balance.


This problem has: D = $500, i = 6%/12 = 0.005, n = 47 *

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.005^47 - 1
We have: . A .= .500 ---------------- .≈ .$26,416.83
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.005

The final balance is: .$26,416.83 + 500 .= .$26,916.83 **


Since she deposited 48 x $500 .= .$24,000
. . the interest is: .$26,916.83 - 24,000 .= .$2,916.83


*
Since the deposits are made at the end of each period,
. . there are 47 compounding periods.

**
The last deposit is made at the end of the 48th month.
It draws no interest but is still part of the final balance.