document.write( "Question 1127929: A savings institution advertised \"Invest $1000 a year for 10 years and we will pay you $1000 a year forever.\" The institution pays an 8% interest rate compounded annually.
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document.write( "It is a classic Ordinary Annuity saving plan. The general formula is \r\n" );
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document.write( "    FV = \"P%2A%28%28%281%2Br%29%5En-1%29%2Fr%29\",    (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "where  FV is the future value of the account;  P is the annual payment (deposit); r is the annual percentage rate presented as a decimal; \r\n" );
document.write( "n is the number of deposits (= the number of years, in this case).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Under the given conditions, P = 1000;  r = 0.08;  n = 10.  So, according to the formula (1), the future value at the end of the 10-th year\r\n" );
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document.write( "    FV = \"1000%2A%28%28%281%2B0.08%29%5E10-1%29%2F0.08%29\" = $14486.56.\r\n" );
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