So i've done this problem 3 different times and I still can't get the right answer. any help would be appeciated.
You invest 10,000 dollars at 4.5\% interest. What is in your account after 20 years...
(a) if compounded annually?
(b) if compounded monthly.

for a this is what hat i did:

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So i've done this problem 3 different times and I still can't get the right answer. any help would be appeciated. 
You invest 10,000 dollars at 4.5\% interest. What is in your account after 20 years...
(a) if compounded annually?
(b) if compounded monthly.

for a this is what hat i did:

anonymous · Answer

$$10,000(1+\frac{ 0.045 }{ 1 })^{1*20}$$

anonymous · Answer

which gave me 24,117.14  but it says i am wrong

anonymous · Answer

for monthly i did the same thing except I had the 12 in there and my answer was 24,544.66

anonymous · Answer

That honestly looks correct to me.  I am not sure. :/  I checked your calculations and it looks like you entered everything correctly.  Are you sure you have the question correct?

anonymous · Answer

yeah. i just copy and pasted the question

kropot72 · Answer

How many decimal places were required for the answers?

anonymous · Answer

it doesn't say.

anonymous · Answer

check the detailed requirement, be it decimal places, rounding off etc...check n make sure u entered d right values cuz with d info u've provided, ur answer should be correct

kropot72 · Answer

There is a back slash before the % sign in your question. This is wrong and could indicate there is a problem with the question.

anonymous · Answer

thanks. I think i'll probably hit up my professor during office hours and see what's up