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    A stork delivers babies to families living on Dorchester avenue. The bird carries one baby at a time from its nest to each home on the street.

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    The distance between the nest and the first house is x meters, and the distances between adjacent houses is 20 meters.


    When delivering a baby to the 7th house on the street, the stork flies a round trip distance of 290 meters.

    1. Determine the value of x.

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    2. Find the total distance, in kilometers, that the stork must fly to deliver 32 babies.

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    Quinn takes out a loan of $350,000 to purchase a small condo in Boston. The bank agrees to lend to him at an 8% annual interest rate, compounded monthly.


    To repay the loan, Quinn makes monthly payments of $P over 15 years.

    1. Determine the value of P to the nearest dollar.

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    2. Calculate the total payments Quinn makes to the bank.

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    3. Hence find the total interest paid by Quinn.

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    Jacob is choosing between two ways to save up for a vacation planned 7 years from now. He is considering two different strategies to save a total of €Q for his vacation.

    • Option A: Deposit €4000 today in an account that earns 4.2% annual interest, compounded monthly.

    • Option B: Deposit €P at the end of each month until the vacation in an account that earns 5% annual interest, compounded monthly.

    1. Calculate, to the nearest euro, the value of €Q.

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    2. Find the value of P, giving your answer to two decimal places.

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    3. Determine which option yields greater total interest, and state by how much.

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    On January 1st, 2017, Teddy makes an investment of $100,000 into a savings account that produces a 6% nominal annual return.


    Ten years later, the real value of Teddy's bank balance is $125,000.

    1. Determine the real annual interest rate to two decimal places.

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    2. Find i%, the average inflation rate (to two decimal places) Teddy experienced over the course of the decade.

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    Given that n=1∑15​(5+kn)=−105, find the value of k.

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    An arithmetic sequence has u9​=20 and S12​=180. Find the value of u1​ and the value of d.

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