Using the Compound Interest Tables, Answer Each of the Following

question 111

Essay

Using the compound interest tables, answer each of the following questions.
Required:
a. Assuming that $100,000 to be paid at the end of ten years has a present value today of
$50,834.90, what interest rate compounded annually is used in the calculation of the present value?
b. What amount must be deposited today if $200,000 is to be accumulated six years from today, and interest at 12% is compounded semiannually?

Calculate and interpret risk and prevalence rates in various populations.

Understand the calculation of incidence rates in epidemiological studies.

Identify the role of active surveillance in responding to disease outbreaks.

Differentiate between the numerator and denominator in calculations of incidence rates.

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