Each year a certain amount of money is deposited in an account which pays an annual interest rate of r so that at the end of each year the balance in the account is multiplied by
a growth factor of x = 1 + r. $500 is deposited at the start of the first year, an additional
$200 is deposited at the start of the next year, and $600 at the start of the following year.
a. Write an expression for the value of the account at the end of three years in terms of
the growth factor x.
b. What is the amount (to the nearest cent) in the account at the end of three years if the
interest rate is 2%?

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Imogene invested $8,000 in a bank account that pays 8 percent simple interest at the end of each year. her friend invested the same amount in stocks where the growth of the investment is represented as 2,000 times the square root of 2 less than the time lapsed in years. if y1 and y2 represent the amount earned in dollars and t is the time lapsed in years, which system of equations correctly represents the situation?

What is the length of the segment, endpoints of which are intersections of parabolas y=x2? 11 4 x? 7 4 and y=? 7 8 x2+x+ 31 8 ?