five brothers of 4, 9, 11, 13 and 16 years respectively, receive an inheritance of 1,500,000, the will stipulated that that amount must be shared by the heirs so that, placed the shares in a bank, they would result in equal capitalized amounts, when each one reached 21, could raise his share. Knowing that the bank charges an interest rate of 9% per year, what is the amount of each share?

9514 1404 393

Youngest to oldest:

Step-by-step explanation:

At 9% interest per year, the present value of 1 at age 20 is ...

  p(a) = 1.09^(a-20)

Adding the present values for the different ages, we get a total of about 2.35528984846. Dividing the inheritance by that amount gives the multiplier for each of the present value numbers. The result is the list of shares shown above. At age 20, each brother will inherit about 636,864.29.

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Additional comment

This is the sort of question that suggests the use of a graphing calculator or spreadsheet for doing the tedious number crunching.

(We assume the bank pays 9% per year, rather than charges 9% per year.)

the most boring ever written

step-by-step explanation:

i am writing something. yes, i plan to make it the most boring thing ever written. i go to the store. a car is parked. many cars are parked or moving. some are blue. some are tan. they have windows. in the store, there are items for sale. these include such things as soap, detergent, magazines, and lettuce. you can enhance your life with these products. soap can be used for bathing, be it in a bathtub or in a shower. apply the soap to your body and rinse. detergent is used to wash clothes. place your dirty clothes into a washing machine and add some detergent as directed on the box. select the appropriate settings on your washing machine and you should be ready to begin. magazines are stapled reading material made with glossy paper, and they cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from news and politics to business and stock market information. some magazines are concerned with more recreational topics, like sports card collecting or different kinds of hairstyles. lettuce is a vegetable.

363 square inches

step-by-step explanation:

surface area of a pyramid is b + 1/2ph

b is the area of the base: 11 x 11 = 121

p is the perimeter of the base: 11 + 11 + 11 + 11 = 44

h is the height of the pyramid: 11

121 + 1/2(44)(11)

121 + 242

363