Chapter 8 - Personal Finance - 8.5 Annuities, Methods of Saving, and Investments - Exercise Set 8.5: 5

(a) The value of the annuity is $\$50,226$(b) The interest is$\$32,226$

Work Step by Step

(a) This is the formula we use to calculate the value of an annuity: $A = \frac{P~[(1+\frac{r}{n})^{nt}-1]}{\frac{r}{n}}$ $A$ is the future value of the annuity $P$ is the amount of the periodic deposit $r$ is the interest rate $n$ is the number of times per year the interest is compounded $t$ is the number of years $A = \frac{P~[(1+\frac{r}{n})^{nt}-1]}{\frac{r}{n}}$ $A = \frac{(\$50)~[(1+\frac{0.06}{12})^{(12)(30)}-1]}{\frac{0.06}{1}}A = \$50,226$ The value of the annuity is $\$50,226$(b) The total amount of money deposited into the annuity is$\$50 \times 360$, which is $\$18,000$The interest is the difference between the value of the annuity and the total amount deposited. We can calculate the interest.$interest = \$50,226 - \$18,000 = \$32,226$ The interest is $\$32,226\$.

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