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9-157.

A long lost relative died and left you ! Your parents say that you need to save the money for college, so you put it an account that pays 8% interest compounded annually. How many years will it take until your account is worth ?

Remember the annual compound interest formula.

First substitute the values into the equation.
25000 = 15000(1.08)t

Divide both sides by 15000.

Remember the rules of logarithms and take the log of both sides.

Solve for t.

The account will be worth 25000 in between 6 and 7 years.