Solve the following proportion for the unknown quantity:
$m:\frac{3}{4}=\frac{1}{2}:\frac{9}{8}$ Leave your solution in fraction form.

Your client has systematically invested $1,000 at the end of each half-year for the past 17 years. The invested funds have earned 6.4% compounded semi-annually. What is the value of your client's investments today? (Taken from CIFP course materials.)

Evaluate to six-figure accuracy:
$\frac{(1.008\overline{3}{)}^{30}-1}{0.008\overline{3}}$