SOLUTION: Find the amount of each payment to be made into a sinking fund which earns 5​% compounded quarterly and produces ​$31,000 at the end of 2.5 years. Payments are made at the

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Question 1147891: Find the amount of each payment to be made into a sinking fund which earns
5​% compounded quarterly and produces ​$31,000 at the end of 2.5 years.
Payments are made at the end of each period.
Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (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 quarterly payment (deposit); r is the effective quarterly rate yield 
presented as a decimal; n is the number of deposits (= the number of quarters in 2.5 years, i.e. 10, in this case).


From this formula, you get for the quartely payment 


    P = .     (1)


Under the given conditions, FV = $31,000;  r = 0.05/4;  n = 10.  So, according to the formula (1), you get for the monthly payment 


    P =  = $2929.60.


Answer.  The necessary monthly deposit value is $2929.60.

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