The amount Howie will pay back at the end of one year is $26000.00
The given parameters are:
-- the principal amount
-- the interest rate
--- the duration
The amount to pay back in this duration is then calculated using:

So, we have:


Express percentage as decimal


Multiply

Hence, the amount to pay back is $26000.00
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Answer:
<em>y=-6</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
<em>Geometric Sequences</em>
Any given sequence is said to be geometric if each term
can be obtained as the previous term
by a constant value called the common ratio.

or equivalently

Looking closely at the sequence 2, y, 18,-54, 162 we can try to find out if it's a geometric sequence or not. We compute the possible common ratios
and we see they both result -3. If we use r=-3 and try to find the second term (y), then
y=2*(-3)=-6
Now we compute the third term: (-6)(-3)=18
Since we got the third term as given in the original sequence.
So y=-6
900,000 would be the nearest hundred thousand
sorry if it's wrong, but I did try