A person invests $3,000 in a savings account with an interest rate of 8% compounded monthly. What will the balance be after 4 years?
1. Use the compound interest formula for monthly compounding:
The formula is , where:
is the final amount.
is the principal amount ().
is the annual interest rate in decimal form ().
is the number of times interest is compounded per year ( for monthly compounding).
is the number of years ().
2. Substitute the values into the formula:
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