Confiance Bank advertises a 1-year CD that pays 1.75% compounded semiannually. Firme Bank advertises a 1-year CD

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Confiance Bank advertises a 1-year CD that pays 1.75% compounded semiannually. Firme Bank advertises a 1-year CD that pays 1.74% compounded monthly. 

(a) Determine the annual percentage yield for the Confiance Bank CD.

(b) Determine the annual percentage yield for the Firme Bank CD.

(c) Assuming all other factors are equal, which bank’s CD would be the better investment?


If necessary, round all dollar figures to the nearest cent and round percents to the nearest hundredth of a percent.

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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