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Your parents are scheduled to receive $18,500 in three years as a retirement bonus. When they receive the bonus, they have decided to reinvest it for nine more years at an annual rate of 9.25 percent. |
How much will the bonus be worth in twelve years time?(Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
Future Value:
Future Value is Value of current asset at future date grown at given int rate or growth rate.
FV = PV (1+r)^n
Where r is Int rate per period
n - No. of periods
As the Bonus will be received after 3 Years, It will be invested for 9 Year only. Hence Periods is considered.
Particulars | Amount |
Present Value | $ 18,500.00 |
Int Rate | 9.2500% |
Periods | 9 |
Future Value = Present Value * ( 1 + r )^n
= $ 18500 ( 1 + 0.0925) ^ 9
= $ 18500 ( 1.0925 ^ 9)
= $ 18500 * 2.2171
= $ 41017.08
Value of retirement bonus after 12 Years is $ 41017.08