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You can afford monthly deposits of $130 into an account that pays 3.0% compounded monthly. How long (in months) will it be until you have $11,400 to buy a boat?
Monthly interest rate, r = 3%/12 = 0.0025 = 0.25%
I/Y = 0.25
PMT = -130
FV = 11400
PV = 0
CPT N
N = 79.387126 months
It will be 79.387126 months until we have $11,400 to buy a boat