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Lionel wants to set up a fund for his son's education such that he could withdraw $1,295.00 at the beginning of every 3 months for the next 6 years. If the fund can earn 3.30% compounded semi-annually, what amount could he deposit today to provide the payment?
| Particulars | Amount |
| Given APR | 3.30% |
| Given compounding frequency per year | 2 |
| Effective annual rate | 3.327% |
| (1+ 0.033/2)^2 -1 | |
| Required compounding frequency per year | 4 |
| Req period effective rate | 0.8216% |
| (1+ 0.03327225)^1/4 -1 | |
| Required APR | 3.28650% |
| 0.00821625*4 |
| Present value of annuity due= | P* [ [1- (1+r)-(n-1) ]/r ] + P | |||
| P= | Periodic payment | 1,295.00 | ||
| r= | Rate of interest per period: | |||
| Annual rate of interest | 3.28650% | |||
| Frequency of payment | once in every 3 months | |||
| Payments per year | 12/ 3= | 4 | ||
| Interest rate per period | 0.032865/4= | 0.822% | ||
| n= | number of payments: | |||
| Number of years | 6 | |||
| Payments per year | 4 | |||
| number of payments | 24 | |||
| Present value of annuity= | 1295* [ [1- (1+0.008216)^-(24-1)]/0.008216 ] +1295 | |||
| Present value of annuity= | 28,334.14 |
Answer is:
28,334.14
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