Table $1-$Simple Interest

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Table $2-$ Compounded Semi$-$Annually

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The difference between compounded semiannually and simple interest is:

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You want to invest $$25,000$ for $24$ months at $\frac{83}{4}\%$ p$.$a$.$ Calculate and compare the bottomline figures if the interest is compounded semi$-$annually and if the interest is simple interest. Type your answers to the calculations in Table $1$ and Table $2$ of your data file.

Table $1-$ Simple Interest

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