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Find the EAR in each of the following cases (Use 365 days a year. Do not round
intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal
places, e.g., 32.16.):
Stated Rate
Number of Times
Effective Rate
(APR)
Compounded
(EAR)
8.2 %
Quarterly
17.2
Monthly
13.2
Daily
10.2
Infinite
Transcribed Image Text:Saved Find the EAR in each of the following cases (Use 365 days a year. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.): Stated Rate Number of Times Effective Rate (APR) Compounded (EAR) 8.2 % Quarterly 17.2 Monthly 13.2 Daily 10.2 Infinite
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  Effective annual rate (EAR) is the real return on an investment. It is also called effective interest rate. It is the rate of interest to be paid for an investment.

 It can be calculated using the following equation:

Effective annual interest rate =1+inn-1

Where,

i  = Interest rate

n = Number of compounding period

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