SOLUTION: Christian deposits P 300 at the end of each quarter in his savings account. If the account earns 5.75% yearly, how much money will he has in 4 years?

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Question 1186452: Christian deposits P 300 at the end of each quarter in his savings account. If the account earns 5.75% yearly, how much money will he has in 4 years?
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Christian deposits P 300 at the end of each quarter in his savings account.
If the account earns 5.75% yearly, how much money will he has in 4 years?
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It is a classic Ordinary Annuity saving plan. The general formula is 


    FV = P%2A%28%28%281%2Br%29%5En-1%29%2Fr%29,    (1)


where  FV is the future value of the account;  P is your quarterly payment (deposit); 
r is the quarterly percentage yield presented as a decimal; 
n is the number of deposits (= the number of years multiplied by 4, in this case).


Under the given conditions, P = 300;  r = 0.0575/4;  n = 4*4 = 16.  
So, according to the formula (1), Christian will get at the end of the 4-th year


    FV = 300%2A%28%28%281%2B0.0575%2F4%29%5E%284%2A4%29-1%29%2F%28%280.0575%2F4%29%29%29 =  P5353.89.


Note that Christian will deposit only  4*4*P300 = P4800 in 4 years.  
The rest is what the account earns/accumulates in 4 years.

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