Question 1176143: You just celebrated your child’s first birthday. You decide that you want the best future for your child and want to set up a college fund for him/her. If you can put $160 per month into an account and assume you can get an APR of 7%, how much money will you have when the child turns 18 years old?
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, ikleyn:
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! P=m((1+(r/n)^nt )- 1)/(r/n)
P=m(1+(.07/12))^216-1)/(.07/12). Round at the end only.
=160(430.72)
=$68915.36
It is a sinking fund.
Answer by ikleyn(52788)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
To be correct, the problem MUST SAY that the account is compounded monthly.
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If the payment is made at the end of each month, then it is the standard Ordinary Annuity saving plan.
Future value FV = 
In this problem, m = 160, n = 12 paying/compounding periods in an year, t = 17 years (not 18, as other tutor used in his calc.)
P =  = $62420.19. ANSWER
Solved.
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