document.write( "Question 1183636: a person wishes to deposits $5000 per year in a savings account which earns interest of 8 percent per year compounded annually . assume the first deposit is made at the end of this current year and additional deposits at the end of each following year
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a person wishes to deposits $5000 per year in a savings account which earns interest of 8 percent per year 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 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Under the given conditions, P = 5000;  r = 0.08;  n = 10.  So, according to the formula (1), you get at the end of the 10-th year\r\n" );
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document.write( "    FV = \"5000%2A%28%28%281%2B0.08%29%5E10-1%29%2F0.08%29\" = $72,432.81.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Note that the person deposits only  10*$5000 = $50,000.  The rest is what the account earns/accumulates in 10 years.\r\n" );
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