Using e - Algebra 2

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On the day of a child's birth, a sum of money is to be invested into a certificate of deposit (CD) that draws annual interest compounded continuously. The plan is for the value of the CD to be at least on the child's birthday.

If the amount of money invested is to be a multiple of , what is the minimum that should be invested initially, assuming that there are no further deposits or withdrawals?

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If we let be the initial amount invested and be the annual interest rate of the CD expressed as a decimal, then at the end of years, the amount of money that the CD will be worth can be determined by the formula

Substitute , , , and solve for .

The minimum principal to be invested initially is $6,551. However, since we are looking for the multiple of $1,000 that guarantees a minimum final balance of $20,000, we round up to the nearest such multiple, which is $7,000 - the correct response.

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