Amy Jolly deposited $2 000 in a savings account.  The annual rate is 10 per cent  compounded semi-annually.  How many years will it take for her money to grow to $2 680.20?           Bridget invested $5 000 in a growth mutual fund and in ten years her investment had grown to $15 529.24.  What annual rate of return did Bridget earn over this ten-year period.

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Amy Jolly deposited $2 000 in a savings account.  The annual rate is 10 per cent  compounded semi-annually.  How many years will it take for her money to grow to $2 680.20?         

 Bridget invested $5 000 in a growth mutual fund and in ten years her investment had grown to $15 529.24.  What annual rate of return did Bridget earn over this ten-year period.                                                                      

 

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