SOLUTION: Bola,who plans to retire in 15 years contribute#1000 to an individual retirement plan semi annually. What will be the amount of annuity if the rate is 10% compounded annually

Question 1198230: Bola,who plans to retire in 15 years contribute#1000 to an individual retirement plan semi annually. What will be the amount of annuity if the rate is 10% compounded annually

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Bola,who plans to retire in 15 years contribute#1000 to an individual retirement plan
semi annually. What will be the amount of annuity if the rate is 10% compounded annually
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It is a classic Ordinary Annuity saving plan. The general formula is 


    FV = ,    (1)


where  FV is the future value of the account;  P is the semi-annual payment (deposit); 
r is the semi-annual percentage yield presented as a decimal; 
n is the number of deposits (= the number of years multiplied by 2, in this case).


Under the given conditions, P = 1000;  r = 0.1/2 = 0.05;  n = 2*15 = 30.  
So, according to the formula (1), Bola gets at the end of the 15-th year


    FV =  =  = $66438.85.


Note that Bola deposits only  2*15*$1000 = $30,000.  The rest is what the account earns/accumulates in 15 years.

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