The parents of a newborn decide to make deposits into an educational savings account on each of their daughter's birthdays, starting with her first birthday. Assume that the educational savings account will return a constant 5.5% per year. The parents plan to deposit $2 200 on every of their daughter's future birthdays. How much money could they alternatively deposit on their daughter's birth date (today) to have the same amount available on her 18th birthday?

To accumulate $100,000 for your child's 18th birthday, you need to invest a certain amount annually, excluding the 5th birthday deposit. The first deposit is made the day your child is born. To find this amount (X), considering a 8% annual rate of return:

You anticipate your child will start college in 18 years. You decide to place $4,732 each year into a 4.1% interest bearing account. How much will be in the account when he begins college?

Mr. and Mrs. Megabucks would like to set up a college fund for their grandson. They want him to be able to withdraw $1,750 each month for the two years he will be in college. Their grandson is currently celebrating his second birthday. His first college withdrawal will be on his 19th birthday. The college fund will earn j12=2.4%. How much must they deposit today into the college fund? Your Answer: Answer

Gabe and Sarah would like to begin saving for their children's college education. They would like to know the amount of college funds that would be necessary on day one of college to pay for all tuition costs for each child. The current tuition at the university is $25,000. The couple is comfortable assuming an annual rate of return of 6% on their college investment savings program. They anticipate that each child will begin college at age 18 and attend for four years. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to be 3% and the expected college inflation rate is 5% per year.

Tom and Sandy have set up a sinking fund in order to have $21,000.00 in 5 years for their child's college education. How much should be paid monthly into an ordinary annuity earning 7.46% compounded monthly so that they reach their goal? How much interest is earned during the last year? (Note: Your answer is a dollar amount and should include a dollar sign)

A couple plans to save for their child's college education. What principal must be deposited by the parents when their child is born in order to have 39,000$ When the child reaches the age of 18? Assume the money earns 7% interest, compounded quarterly.?round your answer to two decimal places.

When you were born, your dear old Aunt Minnie promised to deposit $1,000 into a savings account bearing a 5% compounded annual rate on each birthday, beginning with your first. You have just turned 22 and want the dough. However, it turns out that dear old (forgetful) aunt Minnie made no deposits on your third, fifth, and eleventh birthdays. How much is in the account right now?

Your daughter needs to be able to draw $50,000 a year from her college savings fund (you started from birth) to pay for college expenses to obtain a medical degree (assume she spends 4 years for bachelor, 4 years for med school, then additional 2 years as resident and yearly spending will be consistent from year to year). At start of her college career, she intends to invest her savings in government securities that should return 5.5% a year compuounded continuously. a. Obtain the equation for dP/dt and then find the genearl solution of P(t) with, as yet undetermined, initial value P_0. b. How large must your daughter's initial college savings be so that she can continue drawing her $50,000 income until she becomes a doctor?

Consider the case of the following annuities, and the need to compute either their expected rate of return or duration. Ryan inherited an annuity worth $3,280.16 from his uncle. The annuity will pay him five equal payments of $800 at the end of each year. The annuity fund is offering a return of    .   Ryan’s friend, Sebastian, wants to go to business school. While his father will share some of the expenses, Sebastian still needs to put in the rest on his own. But Sebastian has no money saved for it yet. According to his calculations, it will cost him $30,044 to complete the business program, including tuition, cost of living, and other expenses. He has decided to deposit $4,200 at the end of every year in a mutual fund, from which he expects to earn a fixed 7% rate of return. It will take approximately    for Sebastian to save enough money to go to business school.