a) Find the future value of the account, using an annuity formula. (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) $  (b) Find the future value of the account, using the compound interest formula. (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) $  (c) Find Bert's total contribution to the account. $  (d) Find the total interest. (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)

Suppose that the parents of a young child decide to make annual deposits into a saving account, with the first deposit being made on the child's fifth birthday and the last deposit being made on the 15th birthday. Then, starting on the child's 18th birthday (EOY), four withdrawals will be made. The sequence of the amounts of withdrawals is $2000, $2400, $2800, and $3200. If the effective annual interest rate is 8% during this period, what are the annual deposits in years 5 through 15? Use a uniform gradient amount in your solution and support your work by drawing the cash flow diagram. Draw the cash flow diagram and solve the problem. Upload your answer in the moodle. Answer: D Fir

Baxter desires to purchase an annuity on January 1, 2023, that yields him five annual cash flows of $11,000 each, with the first cash flow to be received on January 1, 2026. The interest rate is 10% compounded annually. The cost (present value) of the annuity on January 1, 2023, is ________. (Use spreadsheet software or a financial calculator to calculate your answer. Round intermediary calculations two decimal places and round your final answer to the nearest dollar.) Group of answer choices $55,000 $28,481 $45,869 $34,462

On August 1, Rachael Westlake joined a Christmas Club. Her bank will automatically deduct $120 from her checking account at the end of each month and deposit it into her Christmas Club account, where it will earn 67% interest. The account comes to term on December 1. (Round your answers to the nearest cent.) (a) Find the present value of the given annuity. $ X (b) Interpret the present value of the given annuity. You would have to invest a lump sum of $ X now instead of $120 per month.