Jack starts to save at age 40 for a vacation home that he wants to buy for his 50th birthday. He will contribute $1000 each quarter to an account, which earns 2.1% interest, compounded annually. What is the future value of this investment, rounded to the nearest dollar, when Jack is ready to purchase the vacation home? (4 points)

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.