You are considering purchasing a car in 4 years, anticipating a purchase price of $40,000. a. How much do you need to deposit in an account today, if you want to have $40,000 in the account in 4 years, assuming the account earns 5% annual interest rate? (Assume annual compounding) b. If you deposit $30,000 in the account today, what rate of interest would you need to earn annually in order to have exactly $40,000 in the account in 4 years? (Assume annual compounding) c. If your account earns 0.25% of interest every month, and if you make an initial deposit of $10,000 today, how much do you need to deposit every month in your account in order to have exactly $40,000 in 4 years? (Assume monthly compounding)
You are considering purchasing a car in 4 years, anticipating a purchase price of $40,000.
a. How much do you need to deposit in an account today, if you want to have $40,000 in the account in 4 years, assuming the account earns 5% annual interest rate? (Assume annual compounding)
b. If you deposit $30,000 in the account today, what rate of interest would you need to earn annually in order to have exactly $40,000 in the account in 4 years? (Assume annual compounding)
c. If your account earns 0.25% of interest every month, and if you make an initial deposit of $10,000 today, how much do you need to deposit every month in your account in order to have exactly $40,000 in 4 years? (Assume monthly compounding)
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