Financial Math A: Discussion Based Assessments

1. Esther works for a marketing company. She earns $12 per hour, and she gets a $50 travel
allowance every month. Which linear equation could be used to find her monthly pay
rate?
2. Jessie is making a $5,000 investment that will be compounded annually at 10% for the
next 10 years. What’s the future value of the original investment?
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Hint: use the future value formula: FV = PV (1 + )nt
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3. An investment worth $50,000 has these expectations of returns:

 30% chance of ending up worth $40,000 =$12,000

 50% chance of ending up worth $50,100 =$25,000
 20% chance of ending up worth $65,000 =$13,000

Determine the expected value of the investment.

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