Question 1169702: Eugene began to save for his retirement at age 29, and for 11 years he put $ 500 per month into an ordinary annuity at an annual interest rate of 9% compounded monthly. After the 11 years, Eugene was unable to make the monthly contribution of $ 500, so he moved the money from the annuity into another account that earned 12% interest compounded monthly. He left the money in this account for 25 years until he was ready to retire. How much money did he have for retirement?
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Eugene began to save for his retirement at age 29, and for 11 years he put $ 500 per month
into an ordinary annuity at an annual interest rate of 9% compounded monthly.
After the 11 years, Eugene was unable to make the monthly contribution of $ 500,
so he moved the money from the annuity into another account that earned 12% interest compounded monthly.
He left the money in this account for 25 years until he was ready to retire.
How much money did he have for retirement?
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Solve it in two steps.
First, determine future value FV1 of the account after first 11 years.
Use the standard formula for the ordinary annuity
FV1 =  = 112,087.42 dollars.
Next, find future value FV2 of this amount, $112,087.42, in the another account that earned 12%
annual interest rate, compounded monthly
FV2 =  =  = $2,218,038.13.
ANSWER. Eugene will have $2,218,038.13 for retirement.
Solved.
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