Donna needs $6848 for a future project. She can invest $4000 now at an annual rate of 7.8%, compounded monthly. Assuming that no withdrawals are made, how long will it take for her to have enough money for her project?
Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

there are lots of ways.   pick's theorem tells us if the vertices are lattice points the area a is

a = b/2 + i - 1

where b is the number of boundary lattice points and i is the number of interior lattice points.

in the figure i count b=16, i=50 so

a = 8 + 50 - 1 = 57

let's try the shoelace formula.   the area is half the sum of the cross products of the sides.  

a(-2,6)   -2(2)-6(-5) = 26

b(-5,2)   -5(-3) - 2(-2) = 19

c(-2,-3) -2(-3) - (-3)(4) = 18

d(4,-3)   4(3) - (-3)(5) = 27

e(5,3)   5(3) - 3(1) = 12

f(1,3)     1(6) - 3(-2) = 12

a(-2,6)

each of the cross products is twice the area of the triangle with the associated side and one vertex the origin. so the area of abo=26/2=13.

area = (1/2) (26 + 19 +   18 + 27 + 12 + 12) = 57

that checks!

in english this is

ex.15 pag.85 create. write in ten lines the continuation of the ballad of the five motanasi, using verbs to the imperfect and to the perfect compound. five stars

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