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A doctor borrowed and he returned the money in two equal yearly instalments. If the annual rate of compound interest (compounded annually) is , then find the value of each instalment.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

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Let each equal yearly instalment be .
The rate of interest is per annum.
The present value of the instalments must equal the borrowed amount:



Given and :





Taking the common denominator as :









Since :



Thus, the value of each instalment is .

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A doctor borrowed and he returned the money in two equal yearly instalments. If the annual rate of compound interest (compounded annually) is , then find the value of each instalment.
A
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C
D

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