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Second, imagine that John has asked the A1Z26 Pension Provider Company to let him debit $1.00 from his pension plan the end of each month for the next 15 years, at the interest rate of 4 percent compounded monthly. We will calculate the amount of debt that the payments represent at the end of fifteen years, and then see what amount of credit is then required to cancel this debt.
1. At the end of the first month, the first payment of $1.00 to John
represents a debt which grows at 4 percent, compounded monthly for 180-1 =179
months. This contributes a debt of $1.00(1+[.04/12])179 =
(1+[.04/12])179 dollars.
2. At the end of the second month, the second payment of $1.00 to John
represents a debt which grows at 4 percent, compounded monthly for 180-2 =178
months. This contributes a debt of $1.00(1+[.04/12])178 =
(1+[.04/12])178 dollars.
3. At the end of the third month, the third payment of $1.00 to John
represents a debt which grows at 4 percent, compounded monthly for 180-3 =177
months. This contributes a debt of $1.00(1+[.04/12])177 =
(1+[.04/12])177 dollars.
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Now at the end of fifteen years, a deposit of 3,500,000 dollars today will leave John with a credit of 637105.57 dollars. Observe
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This suggests that the A1Z26 Pension Plan Company would be willing to sell John fifteen years of monthly payments of 2588.91 dollars (approximately) in exchange for the amount of 350000 dollars at their announced 4% cent interest rate.
Second Solution: Suppose John want to receives a payment of 1.00 dollar at the end of each month for the next fifteen years = 180 months. Recall that a deposit of P = [(A)/((1+i)n)] will grow the amount A at the end of n periods in a compound interest account. Suppose John want to receives a payment of 1.00 dollar at the end of each month for the next fifteen years = 180 months from a compound interest account, paying 4 percent compounded monthly. What does he need today in the account today to be able to make all the withdrawals?
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Note in computing, rounding should be done last and avoided in intermediate calculations for the sake of preserving accuracy. (The above calculation would be slightly less accurate if the intermediate result 135.192188 was rounded to 135.19 dollars.)
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