Essentials Of Investments
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Town station is saving money to build a new loading platform. Three years ago they set aside 23,000 for this purpose. Today, that account is worth $31,406. What rate of interest is town station earning on this investment?
Could you please advise the formula I can use on a calculator to figure this out, thank you.
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