Given amount and interest rate, find principal

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Homework help please: If I want to have $60,000 in 8 years, how much would I need to deposit in the bank today if the account pays an interest rate of 9%?
 
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brownrebecca333 said:
Homework help please: If I want to have $60,000 in 8 years, how much would I need to deposit in the bank today if the account pays an interest rate of 9%?

Simple or compounded interest? If compounded, what is the compounding period?
 
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Homework help please: If I want to have $60,000 in 8 years, how much would I need to deposit in the bank today if the account pays an interest rate of 9%?
60000/((1 + .09/f)^(8*f)) where f = compounding frequency