7 On the first day of each month, Kate pays \(\pounds 50\) into a savings account.
Interest is paid on the total amount in the account on the last day of each month.
The interest rate is 0.2\%
At the end of the \(n\)th month, the total amount of money in Kate's savings account is \(\pounds T _ { n }\)
Kate correctly calculates \(T _ { 1 }\) and \(T _ { 2 }\) as shown below:
$$\begin{aligned}
T _ { 1 } & = 50 \times 1.002 = 50.10
T _ { 2 } & = \left( T _ { 1 } + 50 \right) \times 1.002
& = ( ( 50 \times 1.002 ) + 50 ) \times 1.002
& = 50 \times 1.002 ^ { 2 } + 50 \times 1.002
& \approx 100.30
\end{aligned}$$
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- Show that \(T _ { 3 }\) is given by
$$T _ { 3 } = 50 \times 1.002 ^ { 3 } + 50 \times 1.002 ^ { 2 } + 50 \times 1.002$$
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- Kate uses her method to correctly calculate how much money she can expect to have in her savings account at the end of 10 years.
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- Find the amount of money Kate expects to have in her savings account at the end of 10 years.
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- (ii) The amount of money in Kate's savings account at the end of 10 years may not be the amount she has correctly calculated.
Explain why.