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    1 ## DESCRIPTION
    2 ## Applied Mathematics
    3 ## ENDDESCRIPTION
    4 
    5 ## KEYWORDS('percent', 'mathematics for business', 'algebraic expression')
    6 ## Tagged by XW
    7 
    8 ## DBsubject('Applied Mathematics')
    9 ## DBchapter('Mathematics for Business')
   10 ## DBsection('Finance')
   11 ## Date('')
   12 ## Author('')
   13 ## Institution('ASU')
   14 ## TitleText1('')
   15 ## EditionText1('')
   16 ## AuthorText1('')
   17 ## Section1('')
   18 ## Problem1('')
   19 
   20 DOCUMENT();        # This should be the first executable line in the problem.
   21 
   22 loadMacros(
   23 "PG.pl",
   24 "PGbasicmacros.pl",
   25 "PGchoicemacros.pl",
   26 "PGanswermacros.pl",
   27 "PGauxiliaryFunctions.pl",
   28 "PGasu.pl"
   29 );
   30 
   31 TEXT(&beginproblem);
   32 
   33 $b = random(5,15,1);
   34 
   35 TEXT(EV2(<<EOT));
   36 What annual rate of interest compounded annually is required to double
   37 an investment in $b years?
   38 $BR
   39 Rate = \{ans_rule(15)\} $PERCENT
   40 $BR
   41 EOT
   42 
   43 $ans = (2**(1/$b)-1)*100;
   44 &ANS(num_cmp($ans));
   45 
   46 ENDDOCUMENT();        # This should be the last executable line in the problem.