A contract can be fulfilled by making an immediate payment of

$3358,

or equal payments at the end of every

six months

for

8

years. What is the size of the

semi-annual

payments at

9%

per annum compounded monthly?

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Part 1

The

semi-annual

payments are

$enter your response here.

(Round the final answer to the nearest cent as needed. Round all intermediate values to six decimal places as needed.)