document.write( "Question 1133060: Bob is saving money that he earns at his part time job. He deposits $100 at the end of each month into a saving account that pays interest at 3% , compounded monthly. Bob would like to know what his savings will be in the end of 1 year.\r
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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 monthly payment (deposit); r is the monthly percentage yield presented as a decimal; \r\n" );
document.write( "n is the number of deposits (= the number of years multiplied by 12, in this case).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Under the given conditions, P = 100;  r = 0.03/12;  n = 12*1 = 12.  So, according to the formula (1), you get at the end of the 1-th year\r\n" );
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document.write( "    FV = \"100%2A%28%28%281%2B0.03%2F12%29%5E%2812%2A1%29-1%29%2F%28%280.03%2F12%29%29%29\" = \"100%2A%28%28%281%2B0.03%2F12%29%5E12-1%29%2F%28%280.03%2F12%29%29%29\" = $1216.64.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Note that you deposit only  12*1*$100 = $1200.  The rest is what the account earns/accumulates in 1 year.\r\n" );
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