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You want to buy a fancy car. For this goal, you plan to save $8,000 per year, beginning immediately. You will make 5 deposits in an account that pays 8% interest. Under these assumptions, how much will you have 5 years from today?
a. $51,402
b. $46,718
c. $47,635
d. $50,687
Given
Rate = 8%
Number of years (nper) = 5
Payment = $8000
Using excel FV function we can the calculate amount saved for 5 years from today:
Future value = FV(rate,nper,-payment,pv,1)
We take type as 1 because as deposits are made at the beginning of the year
Future value of the deposit = FV(8%,5,-8000,0,1)
= $50687.43 ≈$50687
Answer: Option d
Using financial calculator: