SOLUTION: How much money should be deposited into an account that earns 4.6% interest,compounded every month,so that after 20 years there is a balance of $24,000?

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Question 1125957: How much money should be deposited into an account that earns 4.6% interest,compounded every month,so that after 20 years there is a balance of $24,000?
Answer by ikleyn(52787)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is a classic Ordinary Annuity saving plan. The general formula is 


    FV = ,    


where  FV is the future value of the account;  P is the monthly payment (deposit); r is the monthly percentage yield presented as a decimal; 
n is the number of deposits (= the number of years multiplied by 12, in this case).


From this formula, you get for for the monthly payment 


    P = .     (1)


Under the given conditions, FV = $24,000;  r = 0.046/12;  n = 20*12.  So, according to the formula (1), you get for the monthly payment 


    P =  = $61.14.


Answer.  The necessary monthly deposit value is $61.14.


Note that of projected $24,000 the total of deposits will be only  20*12 times $61.14, i.e. 20*12*61.14 = 14673.60 dollars.
The rest is what the account will earn/accumulate in 20 years.

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