You expect to receive $5,500 at graduation in three years. You plan on investing it at 12% until you have $66,000.
How long will you wait from now? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)
The number of years is computed as shown below:
Future value = Present value x (1 + r)n
$ 66,000 = $ 5,500 x (1 + 0.12)n
($ 66,000 / $ 5,500) = 1.12 n
12 = 1.12 n
Taking log both sides, we get:
log 12 = n log 1.12
2.48490665 = n x 0.113328685
n = 2.48490665 / 0.113328685
n = 21.92654622 years
So, the number of years to wait will be as follows:
= 21.92654622 + 3
= 24.93 years Approximately
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