invest $5,000 at 8% interest, compounded semiannually, and hold it for five years.
The interest rate per compounding period would be 4%, ( 8% / 2 ).
The number of compounding periods would be 10, ( 5 × 2 ).
Then use these figures in the FV Table or the FV formula
Lecture Notes
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