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To save for her newborn son's college education, lea wilson will invest $1,000 at the beginning of each year for the next 18 years. the interest rate is 12 percent. what is the future value? use appendix

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You need to use this statement:

Fn =P(1+r)^n
where:
P- the amount of initial capital
Fn - final capital after n-years
r- annual effective interest rate
n-number of years

Generally we need to put $1000 for the next 18 years so this statement looks like this:


F_(n-1) =P(1+r)^n^-^1
and the last invest

F_(1)=P(1+r)^1

So we need to add all years of capital

S=F_(n)+F_(n-1) + F_(n-2) + ... + F_(2)+F_(1)


S=P(1+r)^n + P(1+r)^2+...+P(1+r)^n^-^2 +P(1+r)^n^-^1
+P(1+r)^n

And finally we get this statement:

S=P(1+r) ((1+r)^n-1)/((1+r)-1)

and after all put values we get:


S=1000 ((1+0,12)^1^8-1)/((1+0,12)-1) =55749,71$

I don't know what value of tax you have so it is gross value. You need to sybtract tax from this received value



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