Barron's, a national business and financial weekly publication, published the following "Top Savings Deposit Yields” for 24 year certificate of deposit accounts: Gill Savings 8.30% (CC) Richardson Savings and Loan 8.40% (CQ) USA Savings 8.25 (CD) Where CC represents compounded continuously, CQ compounded quarterly (4 times per year), and CD compounded daily. Compute the value of $1000 invested in each account at the end of 24 years.
Find the derivative of the following function via the difference quotient: f(x) = x* - 3x + 4