Assume that in 2018, a copper penny struck at the Philadelphia mint in 1796 was sold for $495,000.   What was the rate of return on this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)   the school has mentioned 2 decimal,  so I know that answer is 8.31% but this is only three numbers, don't the direction state 4?

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Assume that in 2018, a copper penny struck at the Philadelphia mint in 1796 was sold for $495,000.
 

What was the rate of return on this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

 

the school has mentioned 2 decimal,  so I know that answer is 8.31% but this is only three numbers, don't the direction state 4?

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