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Date November 2019 Marks available 3 Reference code 19N.1.SL.TZ0.T_8
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Find Question number T_8 Adapted from N/A

Question

Siân invests 50 000 Australian dollars (AUD) into a savings account which pays a nominal annual interest rate of 5.6  % compounded monthly.

Calculate the value of Siân’s investment after four years. Give your answer correct to two decimal places.

[3]
a.

After the four-year period, Siân withdraws 40 000  AUD from her savings account and uses this money to buy a car. It is known that the car will depreciate at a rate of 18  % per year.

The value of the car will be 2500  AUD after t years.

Find the value of t .

[3]
b.

Markscheme

F V = 50 000 ( 1 + 5.6 100 × 12 ) 12 × 4        (M1)(A1)

Note: Award (M1) for substitution into compound interest formula, (A1) for correct substitution.

 

OR

N = 4

I % = 5.6

P V = ( ) 50 000

P / Y = 1

C / Y = 12         (A1)(M1)

Note: Award (A1) for C / Y = 12 seen, (M1) for all other correct entries.

 

OR

N = 48

I % = 5.6

P V = ( ) 50 000

P / Y = 12

C / Y = 12         (A1)(M1)

Note: Award (A1) for C / Y = 12 seen, (M1) for all other correct entries.

 

( F V = ) 62 520.97 (AUD)        (A1)    (C3)

Note: The final (A1) is not awarded if the answer is not correct to 2 decimal places.

[3 marks]

a.

2500 = 40 000 ( 1 18 100 ) t    OR  2500 = 40 000 ( 0.82 ) t 1        (M1)(A1)

Note: Award (M1) for substitution into compound interest formula or term of a geometric sequence formula and equating to 2500 , (A1) for correct substitution.

 

OR

I % = 18

P V = ( ± ) 40 000

F V = ( ) 2500

P / Y = 1

C / Y = 1         (A1)(M1)

Note: Award (A1) for F V = ( ) 2500 seen, (M1) for all other correct entries. P V and F V must have opposite signs.

 

OR

32800 26896 22054.72 18084.87 14829.59        (M1)

t 13 = 3031.38   and   t 14 = 2485.73         (A1)

Note: Award (M1) for a list of at least 5 correct terms beginning with 32800 , (A1) for identifying t 13 and t 14 .

(t=) 14.0 (13.9711)        (A1)    (C3)

 

[3 marks]

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Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 1—Number and algebra » SL 1.4—Financial apps – compound interest, annual depreciation
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