To find: what should be D’s monthly payment to achieve her goal.
$158.03
Given information:
D wants to accumulate $120,000 in 30 years by contributing to a money market account that earns 4.5% annual interest.
Formula Used:
Future Value of an Annuity
The future value FV of an annuity consisting of n equal periodic payments of R dollars at an interest rate i per compounding period (payment interval) is:
Explanation:
The data given is:
Here, the interest is credited 12 times a year, so the interest rate is:
The number of payments is:
Let her monthly payment be $ R .
Substitute these values in the above formula,
D’s monthly payment should be $158.03.
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