SOLUTION: You deposit $500 each month into an account earning 2% interest compounded monthly. How much will you earn in 30 years? How much total interest will you earn?

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Question 1175479: You deposit $500 each month into an account earning 2% interest compounded monthly.
How much will you earn in 30 years?
How much total interest will you earn?

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is P=500*(1+(.02/12)^360/(.02/12); general formula P=m (!+(r/n))^(nt)-1/(r/n)+
do without rounding until the end.
=$246,362.70
during that time, $360*$500+$180,000 was paid into it, so the interest was $66,362.70