Solution - Compound interest (basic)

160142.53

160142.53

Step-by-step explanation

Use $A = P {(1 + r / n)}^{(n t)}$ with $P = 12, 898$ , $r = 13 %$ , $n = 2$ , $t = 20$ .

Compute period rate and exponent: $\frac{r}{n} = 0.065$ , $n t = 40$ , so the growth factor is $12.4160745337$ .

Multiply principal by growth factor: $12, 898$ × $12.4160745337$ = $160142.53$ .

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