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Laura Hall is a sales executive at a Baltimore firm. She is 25 years old and...

Laura Hall is a sales executive at a Baltimore firm. She is 25 years old and plans to invest $4,700 each year in an IRA account until she is 65 at which time she will retire (a total of 40 payments). If Laura invests at the beginning of each year, and the IRA investment will earn 11.05 percent annually, how much will she have when she retires? Assume that she makes the first payment today. (Round factor values to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.5212 and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

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SEE THE IMAGE. ANY DOUBTS, FEEL FREE TO ASK. THUMBS UP PLEASE

LAST TIME, I DID SIMILAR SUM, IN WHICH IT WAS MENTIONED TO ROUND FACTOR VALUES TO 4 DECIMALS BUT THEN ANSWER WAS NOT COMING

INSTEAD ANSWER WAS COMING WITHOUT ROUNDING FACTOR VALUES, SO I REQUEST PLEASE CHECK ACCORDINGLY. I HAVE GIVEN BOTH THE WAYS. THANK YOU

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