To finance a vacation in 4 years, Elsie saves $450 at the beginning of every six months in an account paying interest at 12% compounded semi-annually. (a) What will be the balance in her account when...

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Extracted text: To finance a vacation in 4 years, Elsie saves $450 at the beginning of every six months in an account paying interest at 12% compounded semi-annually. (a) What will be the balance in her account when she takes the vacation? (b) How much of the balance will be interest? (c) If she waits an additional year to start her vacation, and continues to save the same amount of money, how much more money does she have to spend? a) The balance in her account will be $ (Round the final answer to the nearest cent as needed. Round all intermediate values to six decimal places as needed.) b) The amount of interest will be S (Round the final answer to the nearest cent as needed. Round all intermediate values to six decimal places as needed.) c) She will have an extra S to spend on her vacation. (Round the final answer to the nearest cent as needed. Round all intermediate values to six decimal places as needed.)