How much would you need to deposit in an account now in order to have $3000 in the account in 5 years? Assume the account earns 5% interest compounded monthly.
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First, we need to find the effective annual interest rate since the interest is compounded monthly. To do this, we use the formula: Effective Annual Rate (EAR) = (1 + i/n)^(nt) - 1 where i is the nominal interest rate (5% or 0.05), n is the number of compounding Show more…
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