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Determine how much $1,000 deposited in a savings account paying 8% (compounded annually) will be worth after 5 years.
how would you insert this in a financial calculator? confused on how to input (FVIF .08,5)
Calculate for FV in a financial cal, punch in:
N=5
I/Y =0.08
PV =1000
The answer will come as 1469.33
You cannot enter FVIF(.08,5), you have to look at the future value factor in a future value table of $1, at 8% and at year 5, the FVIF is 1.4693
So the future value will become:
=PResent value*FVIF(.08, 5 years)
=1000*1.4693
=1469.30
Both the table method and financial calculator almost gives the same answer, but the financial calculator method is precise.