Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Mary would like to save $10,000 at the end of 5 years for a future down payment on a car. How much should she deposit at the end of each week in a savings account that pays 1.2%, compounded monthly, to meet her goal?

This type of a savings account is known as a sinking fund. The monthly payment M required to produce the desired amount of money (Future Value, or FV), when the period interest rate is R, is determined by the formula
M = FV*R/((1+R)^N - 1) , where N is the number of periods.
In this problem, the future value is FV = 10,000minustheamountofmoneyMarywouldliketosave.Theinterestiscompoundedmonthly,andtheannualinterestrateis1.210,000*0.001/((1+0.001)^60 - 1) = 161.80,roundedtothenearestcent.ThemonthlypaymentMarywouldhavetomakeis161.80. If she will deposit money once a week, she should deposit the amount of
(161.80)/4=40.45 .
Mary should deposit 40.45eachweekinthegivensavingsaccountinordertosave10,000 at the end of 5 years.

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