One of the more familiar squares is 144; the sqrt of 144 is 12. The next higher perfect square is 169, whose square root is 13. Thus, the sqrt of 147 lies between 144 and 169.
It would end up being 1.50 at the end of the day
N = number of compounding periods
Years = log (total / principal) / n * log (1 + rate / n)
Years = log (750 / 500) / 4 * log (1 + .025/n)
Years = log (1.5) / 4 * log (1<span><span>.00625)
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</span> <span>Years = 0.17609125906 / 4 * 0.0027058933759
</span><span>Years = 0.17609125906
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0.0108235735
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16.2692348382
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