Nicole will be starting University next Fall. She wishes to invest $7000.00 saved from her summer job.

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Nicole will be starting University next Fall. She wishes to invest $7000.00 saved from her summer job. Her bank offers 2.75% for a one-year term investment or 2.6% for a six-month term, followed by 2.9% for a second six-month term. Help Nicole investigate her options.
(a) How much will Nicole receive after one year if she invests at the one-year rate?
(b) How much will Nicole receive after one year if she invests for six months at a time at 2.6% and then 2.9%?
(c) What would the one-year rate have to be to yield the same amount of interest as the investment in part (b)?
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Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications

ISBN: 978-0134141084

11th edition

Authors: S. A. Hummelbrunner, Kelly Halliday, Ali R. Hassanlou, K. Suzanne Coombs

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