SOLUTION: Earl Broker is 25 years old, senior in college and he decides to put $150 every year in a Roth IRA through Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF. It gives the return of 10%. Find the tot

Question 1164856: Earl Broker is 25 years old, senior in college and he decides to put $150 every year in a Roth IRA through Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF. It gives the return of 10%. Find the total sum he will receive when he will withdraw the money in his 65th birthday.
Answer by ikleyn(52908) (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 = ,    (1)


where  FV is the future value of the account;  P is your annual payment (deposit); r is the annual percentage rate 

presented as a decimal; n is the number of deposits (= the number of years, in this case).



Under the given conditions, P = 150;  r = 0.10;  n = 40 years.  So, according to the formula (1), Earl will get 

at the end of the 40-th year


    FV =  = $66388.88.      ANSWER

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