College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter 8, Sequences and Series - Section 8.1 - Sequences and Summation Notation - 8.1 Exercises - Page 602: 78

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Work Step by Step

a) Plugging in $n=1$ we get: $I_{1}=100(\frac{1.005^{1}-1}{0.005}-1)\approx 0 $. Plugging in $n=2$ we get: $I_{2}=100(\frac{1.005^{2}-1}{0.005}-2)\approx 0.5$. Plugging in $n=3$ we get: $I_{3}=100(\frac{1.005^{3}-1}{0.005}-3)\approx 1.50$. Plugging in $n=4$ we get: $I_{4}=100(\frac{1.005^{4}-1}{0.005}-4)\approx 3.01$. Plugging in $n=5$ we get: $I_{5}=100(\frac{1.005^{5}-1}{0.005}-5)\approx 5.03$. Plugging in $n=6$ we get: $I_{6}=100(\frac{1.005^{6}-1}{0.005}-6)\approx 7.55$. b) Five years is the same as $5\cdot12=60$ months, thus plugging in $n=60$, we get: $I_{60}=100(\frac{1.005^{60}-1}{0.005}-60)\approx977$.
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