Problema Solution

Rachael is already looking ahead to graduation and a job, and she wants to buy a new car not long after her graduation. If after graduation she begins an investment program of $2,400 per year in an investment yielding 6 percent, what will be the value of the fund after three years?

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P = $2,400 the principal


r = 0.06 or 6% annual interest rate


t = 3 years


n = 1*t = 1*3 = 3 compounding periods (the account is compounded annualy)


A = future value


A = P(1 + r)^n


A = 2400(1 + 0.06)^3


A = $2,858.44


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after 3 years the value of the fund will be $2,858.44.