you would like to have $20,000 saved in 4 years. you decide to make payments at the end of each month into an account earning 5.9% interest per year compoundied monthly for the next 4 years in order to accumulate the desired amount. what size payments should be made? how much toral interest did they earn on the investment over 4 years?

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you would like to save for a car. you would like to have $20,000 saved in 4 years. you decide to make payments at the end of each month into an account earning 5.9% interest per year compoundied monthly for the next 4 years in order to accumulate the desired amount. what size payments should be made? how much toral interest did they earn on the investment over 4 years?

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The formula for annuity is given by A=p1+rknk-1rk

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A is the final amount received at the end.

p is the payment to be deposited each month.

r is the annual rate of interest.

k is the number of compounding periods in an year.

n is the total number of years.

 

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