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You want to have $31,000 saved 5 years from today in order to make a down payment on a house. To fund this, you will make deposits each week from your paycheck into an account that will earn 5.48 percent compounded weekly. How much must you deposit each week?
| Deposit in each week (P) | FVA÷([(1+r)^n-1]÷r) | |
| Here, | ||
| A | Interest rate per annum | 5.48% |
| B | Number of years | 5 |
| C | Number of payments per per annum | 52 |
| A÷C | Interest rate per period ( r) | 0.11% |
| B×C | Number of periods (n) | 260 |
| Future value of annuity (FVA) | 31,000 | |
| Deposit in each week (P) | $ 103.70 | |
| 31000÷(((1+0.11%)^260-1)÷0.11%) |