document.write( "Question 1153226: You deposit $5000 each year into an account earning 2% interest compounded annually. How much will you have in the account in 15 years? \n" ); document.write( "

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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 = ,    (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "where  FV is the future value of the account;  P is annual payment (deposit); r is the annual percentage rate \r\n" );
document.write( "presented as a decimal; 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 = 5000;  r = 0.02;  n = 15.  So, according to the formula (1), you get at the end of the 15-th year\r\n" );
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document.write( "    FV =  = $86467.08.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Note that you deposit only  15*$5000 = $75,000.  The rest is the interest what the account earns/accumulates in 15 years.\r\n" );
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