Gabriel invested $17,000 in an account paying an interest rate of 3% compounded annually. Assuming no deposits or withdrawals are made, how long would it take, to the nearest tenth of a year, for the value of the account to reach $26,600?

Ashley spent half of her lunch money on a turkey sandwich. then she spent two-thirds of the money she had left on a bottle of juice and the rest of the money on a cookie. if the cookie cost $.75, how much lunch money did ashley have to start with?