A trust will provide $12,000 to a county library at the beginning of each 3-month period for the next 2.5 years. If the money is worth an annual rate of 6.8%, compounded quarterly, find the amount in the trust when it begins.  Round your answer to the nearest cent.     a. $111,364.28   b. $85,257.67   c. $352,106.39   d. $284,945.37   e. $246,873.08

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A trust will provide $12,000 to a county library at the beginning of each 3-month period for the next 2.5 years. If the money is worth an annual rate of 6.8%, compounded quarterly, find the amount in the trust when it begins.  Round your answer to the nearest cent.

 

  a.

$111,364.28

  b.

$85,257.67

  c.

$352,106.39

  d.

$284,945.37

  e.

$246,873.08

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