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You deposit $500 in an account earning 7% interest compounded annually. How much will you have in the account in 10 years?
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Final Answer: You will have 983.58 in the account in 10 years.

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Step 1 :The problem is asking for the future value of an investment given an initial deposit, an interest rate, and a time period. The formula for future value (FV) in the case of annual compounding is: FV=PV(1+r/n)nt where: PV is the present value or initial deposit, which is $500 in this case. r is the annual interest rate in decimal form, which is 0.07 in this case. n is the number of times interest is compounded per year, which is 1 in this case since it's compounded annually. t is the time in years, which is 10 in this case.

Step 2 :We can plug these values into the formula and calculate the future value. PV = 500, r = 0.07, n = 1, t = 10.

Step 3 :Calculate the future value: FV=500(1+0.07/1)110=983.5756786447832

Step 4 :Final Answer: You will have 983.58 in the account in 10 years.

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