Mason is going to invest in an account paying an interest rate of 5.3% compounded quarterly. How much would Mason need to invest, to the nearest hundred dollars, for the value of the account to reach $205,000 in 14 years?

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First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.

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