Questions: 7,400 is invested in an account earning 6.8% interest (APR), compounded daily. Write a function showing the value of the account after t years, where the annual growth rate can be found from a constant in the function. Round all coefficients in the function to four decimal places. Also, determine the percentage of growth per year (APY), to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
Transcript text: $7,400$ is invested in an account earning $6.8 \%$ interest (APR), compounded daily. Write a function showing the value of the account after $t$ years, where the annual growth rate can be found from a constant in the function. Round all coefficients in the function to four decimal places. Also, determine the percentage of growth per year (APY), to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Calculate Future Value
To find the future value \( A \) of the investment after \( t = 5 \) years, we use the formula for compound interest:
\[
A = P \left(1 + \frac{r}{n}\right)^{nt}
\]
Substituting the values \( P = 7400 \), \( r = 0.068 \), \( n = 365 \), and \( t = 5 \):