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Consider a newlywed who is planning a wedding anniversary gift of a trip to Dubai for her husband at the end of 10 years. She will have enough to pay for the trip if she invests $5,000 per year until that anniversary and plans to make her first $5,000 investment on their first anniversary. Assume her investment earns an 8 percent interest rate, how much will she have saved for their trip if the interest is compounded in each of the following ways?
a. Annually
b. Quarterly
c. Monthly