#1633 · Algebra · Sequences & series

Years' Purchase for Estate

How many years' purchase should be given for a freehold estate, interest being calculated at $3 \frac{1}{2}$ per cent.?

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XVIII. Interest and Annuities, Examples XVIII.b, No. 5

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Checked against the answer in H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891).