A certain investment is expected to grow at a rate of 3% per year. If you invest $10,000, what will it be worth after 5 years?
1. Recall the compound interest formula:
The formula for compound interest is , where:
is the final amount of the investment.
is the principal amount (the initial investment), here .
is the annual interest rate as a decimal. Given an annual growth rate of , so .
is the number of years, in this case .
2. Substitute the values into the formula:
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