You are concerned about whether your savings and investments are adequate to meet your retirement needs. Last year you saved $1,500 and believe you can increase that at 5% per annum for the next 15 years. Assuming you can achieve an 8% return on your investment, how much would you accumulate by the end of the 15th year?

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Find the combination of inputs so that PV will equal exactly 18093.3446515882

And FV will equal exactly 57395.1490763124

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You are concerned about whether your savings and investments are adequate to meet your retirement needs. Last year
you saved $1,500 and believe you can increase that at 5% per annum for the next 15 years. Assuming you can achieve
an 8% return on your investment, how much would you accumulate by the end of the 15th year?
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NOTATION
MATH
FORMULA
PV
A
Year 1 = A(1 + g) =
r
r
g
n
g
n
YOUR
INPUTS
1,500
1,496
8.0%
5.0%
16
Transcribed Image Text:PROBLEM 2: You are concerned about whether your savings and investments are adequate to meet your retirement needs. Last year you saved $1,500 and believe you can increase that at 5% per annum for the next 15 years. Assuming you can achieve an 8% return on your investment, how much would you accumulate by the end of the 15th year? EXCEL NOTATION MATH FORMULA PV A Year 1 = A(1 + g) = r r g n g n YOUR INPUTS 1,500 1,496 8.0% 5.0% 16
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