document.write( "Question 1207343: Monthly payments of $ 600 were not paid for 19 months. If interest was 19.8% compounded monthly, how much was owed? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Monthly payments of $ 600 were not paid for 19 months. If interest was 19.8%
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document.write( "In this problem, the debt is numerically equal to the future value of the ordinary annuity \r\n" );
document.write( "with the monthly deposits of $600 and the interest of 19.8% per year compounded monthly.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To calculate the future value of an ordinary annuity, use the general formula \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\n" );
document.write( "r is the monthly percentage yield presented as a decimal; \r\n" );
document.write( "n is the number of deposits (19 in this case).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Under the given conditions, P = 600;  r = 0.198/12;  n = 19.  \r\n" );
document.write( "So, according to the formula (1), you get at the end of the 20-th year\r\n" );
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document.write( "    FV = \"600%2A%28%28%281%2B0.198%2F12%29%5E19-1%29%2F%28%280.198%2F12%29%29%29\" = $13262.17.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  $13,262.17.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then you write a formula in a text editor, copy-paste it
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