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You want to have $25000 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 4.88 percent compounded weekly. How much must you deposit each week?
a. $90.61
b. $84.94
c. $87.22
d. $93.44
e. 96.15
Payment required | = | FV*r /[(1+r)^n -1] | ||
Future value | FV | 25,000.00 | ||
Rate per period | r | |||
Annual interest | 4.88% | |||
Number of interest payments per year | 52 | |||
Interest rate per period | 0.0488/52= | |||
Interest rate per period | 0.09385% | |||
Number of periods | n | |||
Number of years | 5 | |||
Periods per year | 52 | |||
number of periods | 260 | |||
Period payment | = | 25000*0.000938/ [(1+0.000938)^260 -1] | ||
= | 84.94 |
Answer is $84.94
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