You want to have $25,000 saved 6 years from now to buy a house. how much less do you have to deposit today to reach this goal if you can earn 5.5 percent rather than 5 percent on your savings? today's deposit is the only deposit you will make to this savings account.

87%

step-by-step explanation:

apex answer

step-by-step explanation:

this can be solved first with pythagorean theorem, which tells us to square both legs of the triangle and sum it. this will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

the hypotenuse is the side "opposite" the 90 degree angle, which is x.

so we can write using pythagorean theorem,

simplifying:

to further simplify this radical, we need to use the property  

thus