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Q.

A certain amount of money is invested at the rate of 10% per annum compound interest, the interest compounded annually. If the difference between the interests of third year and first year is Rs. 1105. Find the sum invested.

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a

4781.65 Rs

b

4783.55 Rs

c

4730.36 Rs

d

4780.59 Rs 

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

As the interest is compounded annually, we can take the formula of interest for 1 year as
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The interest in the first year is Question Image
The total sum invested after 3 years which is at the start of the fourth year is
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We have been given that the difference between the interests of third year and first year is Rs. 1105.
So, we get that Question Image
We place the values to get the linear equation of p
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We solve the equation to find the value of p using binary operations
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The amount of sum invested is 4783.55 Rs. (approx.)
So, option 2 is correct.
 
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