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80. We are only concerned with the time it takes money to double, so the dollar amounts are irrelevant.
So, we can write the future value of a lump sum with continuously compounded interest as:
$2 = $1eRt
2 = eRt
Rt = ln(2)
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$9,442.33 – 8,160 = $1,282.33
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Savings at retirement = $1,887,300.74 + 332,782.27 = $2,220,083.01
$8,197.81 – 7,500 = $697.81
46. PV@ T = 14: $3,250/.064 = $50,781.25
48. Monthly rate = .09/12 = .0075; semiannual rate = (1.0075)6 – 1 = 4.59%