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5.1 Simple and Compound Interest
Mathematics of Finance
Buying a car usually requires both some savings for a
down payment and a loan for the balance. An exercise
5.2 Future Value of an Annuity
in Section 2 calculates the regular deposits that would be
5.3
Present Value of an Annuity; needed to save up the full purchase price, and other exer-
Amortization
cises and examples in this chapter compute the payments
Chapter 5 Review required to amortize a loan.
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Teaching Tip: Chapter 5 is full of symbols verybody uses money. Sometimes you work for your money and other times
and formulas. Students will need to become your money works for you. For example, unless you are attending college on a
familiar with the notation and know which
full scholarship, it is very likely that you and your family have either saved money
formula is appropriate for a given problem.
Section 5.1 ends with a summary of formulas.
or borrowed money, or both, to pay for your education. When we borrow money,
we normally have to pay interest for that privilege. When we save money, for a future
purchase or retirement, we are lending money to a financial institution and we expect
to earn interest on our investment. We will develop the mathematics in this chapter to
understand better the principles of borrowing and saving. These ideas will then be used
to compare different financial opportunities and make informed decisions.
5.1 Simple and Compound Interest

Apply It If you can borrow money at 8% interest compounded annually or at
7.9% compounded monthly, which loan would cost less?
In this section we will learn how to compare different interest rates with different com-
pounding periods. The question above will be answered in Example 7.
Simple Interest Interest on loans of a year or less is frequently calculated as simple

interest, a type of interest that is charged (or paid) only on the amount borrowed (or
invested) and not on past interest. The amount borrowed is called the principal. The rate of
interest is given as a percentage per year, expressed as a decimal. For example, 6% = 0.06
and 11 12% = 0.115. The time the money is earning interest is calculated in years. One
years interest is calculated by multiplying the principal times the interest rate, or Pr. If the
time that the money earns interest is other than one year, we multiply the interest for one
year by the number of years, or Prt.
Simple Interest
I = Prt
where
P is the principal;
r is the annual interest rate (expressed as a decimal);
t is the time in years.
Example 1 Simple Interest

To buy furniture for a new apartment, Pamela Shipley borrowed $5000 at 8% simple interest
for 11 months. How much interest will she pay?
Solution Since 8% is the yearly interest rate, we need to know the time of the loan in years.
We can convert 11 months into years by dividing 11 months by 12 (the number of months
per year). Use the formula I = Prt, with P = 5000, r = 0.08, and t = 11 / 12 (in years).
The total interest she will pay is
I = 500010.082111 / 122 366.67,
or $366.67.

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A deposit of P dollars today at a rate of interest r for t years produces interest of

I = Prt. The interest, added to the original principal P, gives
P + Prt = P11 + rt2.
This amount is called the future value of P dollars at an interest rate r for time t in years.
When loans are involved, the future value is often called the maturity value of the loan. This
idea is summarized as follows.
Future or Maturity Value for Simple Interest

The future or maturity value A of P dollars at a simple interest rate r for t years is
A = P 1 1 + rt 2 .
Example 2 Maturity Values

Find the maturity value for each loan at simple interest.
(a) A loan of $2500 to be repaid in 8 months with interest of 4.3%
Solution The loan is for 8 months, or 8 / 12 = 2 / 3 of a year. The maturity value is
A = P11 + rt2
2
= 2500c 1 + 0.043a b d P = 2500, r = 0.043, t = 2/3
3
250011 + 0.0286672 = 2571.67,
or $2571.67. (The answer is rounded to the nearest cent, as is customary in financial
problems.) Of this maturity value,
I = A - P = $2571.67 - $2500 = $71.67
represents interest.
(b) A loan of $11,280 for 85 days at 7% interest
Solution It is common to assume 360 days in a year when working with simple
interest. We shall usually make such an assumption in this book. Using P = 11,280,
r = 0.07, and t = 85 / 360, the maturity value in this example is
YOUR TURN 1 Find the matu- 85
rity value for a $3000 loan at 5.8% A = 11,280c 1 + 0.07a b d 11,466.43,
360
interest for 100 days.
or $11,466.43. TRY YOUR TURN 1
caution When using the formula for future value, as well as all other formulas in this
chapter, we often neglect the fact that in real life, money amounts are rounded
to the nearest penny. As a consequence, when the amounts are rounded, their
values may differ by a few cents from the amounts given by these formulas.
For instance, in Example 2(a), the interest in each monthly payment would be
$250010.043 / 122 $8.96, rounded to the nearest penny. After 8 months, the
total is 81$8.962 = $71.68, which is 1 more than we computed in the example.
In part (b) of Example 2 we assumed 360 days in a year. Historically, to simplify calcu-
lations, it was often assumed that each year had twelve 30-day months, making a year 360
days long. Treasury bills sold by the U.S. government assume a 360-day year in calculating
interest. Interest found using a 360-day year is called ordinary interest, and interest found
using a 365-day year is called exact interest.

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The formula for future value has four variables, P, r, t, and A. We can use the formula
to find any of the quantities that these variables represent, as illustrated in the next example.
Example 3 Simple Interest Rate

Alicia Rinke wants to borrow $8000 from Robyn Martin. She is willing to pay back $8180
in 6 months. What interest rate will she pay?
Solution Use the formula for future value, with A = 8180, P = 8000, t = 6 / 12 = 0.5,
and solve for r.
A = P11 + rt2
8180 = 800011 + 0.5r2
8180 = 8000 + 4000r Distributive property
YOUR TURN 2 Find the inter- 180 = 4000r Subtract 8000.
est rate if $5000 is borrowed, and
r = 0.045 Divide by 4000.
$5243.75 is paid back 9 months later.
Thus, the interest rate is 4.5% (written as a percent). TRY YOUR TURN 2
When you deposit money in the bank and earn interest, it is as if the bank borrowed the
money from you. Reversing the scenario in Example 3, if you put $8000 in a bank account
that pays simple interest at a rate of 4.5% annually, you will have accumulated $8180 after
6 months.
Compound Interest As mentioned earlier, simple interest is normally used for loans
or investments of a year or less. For longer periods compound interest is used. With compound
interest, interest is charged (or paid) on interest as well as on principal. For example, if $1000 is
deposited at 5% interest for 1 year, at the end of the year the interest is $100010.052112 = $50.
The balance in the account is $1000 + $50 = $1050. If this amount is left at 5% interest for
another year, the interest is calculated on $1050 instead of the original $1000, so the amount
in the account at the end of the second year is $1050 + $105010.052112 = $1102.50. Note
that simple interest would produce a total amount of only
$1000 31 + 10.0521224 = $1100.
The additional $2.50 is the interest on $50 at 5% for one year.
To find a formula for compound interest, first suppose that P dollars is deposited at a
rate of interest r per year. The amount on deposit at the end of the first year is found by the
simple interest formula, with t = 1.
A = P11 + r # 12 = P11 + r2
If the deposit earns compound interest, the interest earned during the second year is paid on
the total amount on deposit at the end of the first year. Using the formula A = P11 + rt2
again, with P replaced by P11 + r2 and t = 1, gives the total amount on deposit at the end
of the second year.
A = 3P11 + r2411 + r # 12 = P11 + r22
In the same way, the total amount on deposit at the end of the third year is
P11 + r23.
Generalizing, if P is the initial deposit, in t years the total amount on deposit is
A = P11 + r2t,
called the compound amount.

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NOTECompare this formula for compound interest with the formula for simple interest.
Compound interest A = P11 + r2t
Simple interest A = P11 + rt2
The important distinction between the two formulas is that in the compound interest formula,
the number of years, t, is an exponent, so that money grows much more rapidly when interest
is compounded.
Interest can be compounded more than once per year. Common compounding periods
include semiannually (two periods per year), quarterly (four periods per year), monthly
(twelve periods per year), or daily (usually 365 periods per year). The interest rate per period,
i, is found by dividing the annual interest rate, r, by the number of compounding periods,
m, per year. To find the total number of compounding periods, n, we multiply the number of
years, t, by the number of compounding periods per year, m. The following formula can be
derived in the same way as the previous formula.
Compound Amount
A = P11 + i2n
r
where i = and n = mt,
m
A is the future (maturity) value;
P is the principal;
r is the annual interest rate;
m is the number of compounding periods per year;
t is the number of years;
n is the number of compounding periods;
i is the interest rate per period.
Example 4 Compound Interest

Suppose $1000 is deposited for 6 years in an account paying 4.25% per year compounded
annually.
(a) Find the compound amount.
Solution Since interest is compounded annually, the number of compounding peri-
ods per year is m = 1. The interest rate per period is i = r / m = 0.0425 / 1 = 0.0425
and the number of compounding periods is n = mt = 1162 = 6. (Notice that when
interest is compounded annually, i = r and n = t.)
Using the formula for the compound amount with P = 1000, i = 0.0425, and n = 6
gives
A = P11 + i2n
= 100011 + 0.042526
= 100011.042526
1283.68,
or $1283.68.
(b) Find the amount of interest earned.
Solution Subtract the initial deposit from the compound amount.
I = A - P = $1283.68 - $1000 = $283.68

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Example 5 Compound Interest

Find the amount of interest earned by a deposit of $2450 for 6.5 years at 5.25% compounded
quarterly.
Solution The principal is P = 2450, the annual interest rate is r = 0.0525, and the
number of years is t = 6.5 years. Interest is compounded quarterly, so the number of
compounding periods per year is m = 4. In 6.5 years, there are n = mt = 416.52 = 26
compounding periods. The interest rate per quarter is i = r / m = 0.0525 / 4. Now use the
formula for compound amount.
A = P11 + i2n
= 245011 + 0.0525 / 4226
3438.78
YOUR TURN 3 Find the Rounded to the nearest cent, the compound amount is $3438.78. The interest earned is
amount of interest earned by a
I = A - P
deposit of $1600 for 7 years at 4.2%
compounded monthly. = $3438.78 - $2450
= $988.78. TRY YOUR TURN 3
Technology Note Graphing calculators can be used to find the future value (compound amount) of an investment. On
the TI-84 Plus C, select APPS, then Finance, then TVM Solver. Enter the following values (no
entry can be left blank).
N = Total number of compounding periods.

I% = Annual interest rate (as a percentage)
PV = Present value
PMT = Payment
FV = Future value
P/Y = Payments per year
C/Y = Compounding periods per year
The TVM Solver uses the cash flow sign convention, which indicates the direction of the cash flow.
Cash inflows are entered as positive numbers, while cash outflows are entered as negative num-
bers. If you invest money, the present value is the amount you invest and is considered an outflow
(negative value). The future value is money you will receive at the end of the investment, so it is an
inflow (positive value). On the other hand, if you borrow money, the present value is money you will
receive, which is an inflow (positive value). The future (or maturity) value is money you must pay
back, so it is an outflow (negative value).
For the investment in Example 5, we would enter N = 26 and I% = 5.25. For PV, we enter
2450. (PV is an outflow.) We let PMT and FV equal 0. Both P/Y and C/Y are equal to 4. See
Figure 1(a). To find the future value, move the cursor to the FV line and enter ALPHA, then SOLVE
(the ENTER button). The rounded future value is $3438.78, as shown in Figure 1(b). For more
information on using the TVM solver, see the Graphing Calculator and Excel Spreadsheet Manual
available with this book.
N=26 N=26
I%=5.25 I%=5.25
PV=-2450 PV=-2450
PMT=0 PMT=0
FV=0 FV=3438.78419
P/Y=4 P/Y=4
C/Y=4 C/Y=4
PMT: END BEGIN PMT: END BEGIN
(a) (b)
Figure 1

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caution As shown in Example 5, compound interest problems involve two ratesthe
annual rate r and the rate per compounding period i. Be sure you understand the
distinction between them. When interest is compounded annually, these rates are
the same. In all other cases, i Z r. Similarly, there are two quantities for time: the
number of years t and the number of compounding periods n. When interest is com-
pounded annually, these variables have the same value. In all other cases, n Z t.
It is interesting to compare loans at the same rate when simple or compound interest
is used. Figure 2 shows the graphs of the simple interest and compound interest formulas
with P = 1000 at an annual rate of 10% from 0 to 20 years. The future value after 15 years
is shown for each graph. After 15 years of compound interest, $1000 grows to $4177.25,
whereas with simple interest, it amounts to $2500.00, a difference of $1677.25.
A
5000
4500
A = 4177.25
4000
A = 1000(1.1) t
3500 Compound Interest
3000
2500 A = 2500
2000
1500
A = 1000(1 + 0.1t)
1000 Simple Interest
500
0 t
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Figure 2
Technology Note Spreadsheets are ideal for performing financial calculations. Figure 3 shows a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet with the formulas for compound and simple interest used to create columns B and C,
respectively, when $1000 is invested at an annual rate of 10%. Compare row 16 with Figure 2. For
more details on the use of spreadsheets in the mathematics of finance, see the Graphing Calculator
and Excel Spreadsheet Manual available with this book.
A B C
1 period compound simple
2 1 1100 1100
3 2 1210 1200
4 3 1331 1300
5 4 1464.1 1400
6 5 1610.51 1500
7 6 1771.561 1600
8 7 1948.7171 1700
9 8 2143.58881 1800
10 9 2357.947691 1900
11 10 2593.74246 2000
12 11 2853.116706 2100
13 12 3138.428377 2200
14 13 3452.27124 2300
15 14 3797.498336 2400
16 15 4177.248169 2500
17 16 4594.972986 2600
18 17 5054.470285 2700
19 18 5559.917313 2800
20 19 6115.909045 2900
21 20 6727.499949 3000
Figure 3

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We can also solve the compound amount formula for the interest rate, as in the follow-
ing example.
Example 6 Compound Interest Rate

Suppose Susan Nassy invested $5000 in a savings account that paid quarterly interest. After
6 years the money had accumulated to $6539.96. What was the annual interest rate?
Solution The principal is P = 5000, the number of years is t = 6, and the compound
amount is A = 6539.96. We are asked to find the interest rate, r.
Since the account paid quarterly interest, m = 4. The number of compounding periods
is n = 4162 = 24. The interest rate per period can be written as i = r / 4. Use these values
in the formula for compound amount, and then solve for r.
P11 + i2n = A
500011 + r / 4224 = 6539.96
YOUR TURN 4 Find the annual 11 + r / 4224 = 1.30799 Divide both sides by 5000.
1/24
interest rate if $6500 is worth 1 + r/4 = 1.30799 1.01125Take both sides to the 1/24 power.
$8665.69 after being invested for r / 4 = 0.01125 Subtract 1 from both sides.
8 years in an account that com-
r = 0.045 Multiply both sides by 4.
pounded interest monthly.
As a percent, the annual interest rate was 4.5%. TRY YOUR TURN 4
Effective Rate Suppose $1 is deposited at 6% compounded semiannually. Here,

i = r / m = 0.06 / 2 = 0.03 for m = 2 periods. At the end of one year, the compound
amount is A = 111 + 0.06 / 222 1.06090. This shows that $1 will increase to $1.06090,
an actual increase of 6.09%.
The actual increase of 6.09% in the money is somewhat higher than the stated increase
of 6%. To differentiate between these two numbers, 6% is called the nominal or stated rate
of interest, while 6.09% is called the effective rate.* To avoid confusion between stated rates
and effective rates, we shall continue to use r for the stated rate and we will use rE for the
effective rate.
Generalizing from this example, the effective rate of interest is given by the following
formula.
Effective Rate
The effective rate corresponding to a stated rate of interest r compounded m times per
year is
r m
rE = a1 + b 1.
m
Example 7 Effective Rate

Joe Vetere needs to borrow money. His neighborhood bank charges 8% interest compounded
semiannually. An Internet bank charges 7.9% interest compounded monthly. At which bank
will Joe pay the lesser amount of interest?
*When applied to consumer finance, the effective rate is called the annual percentage rate, APR, or annual percent-
age yield, APY.

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APPLY IT Solution Compare the effective rates.

0.08 2
Neighborhood bank: rE = a1 + b - 1 = 0.0816 = 8.16%
2
0.079 12
YOUR TURN 5 Find the Internet bank: rE = a1 + b - 1 0.081924 8.19%
12
effective rate for an account that
pays 2.7% compounded monthly. The neighborhood bank has the lower effective rate, although it has a higher stated rate.
TRY YOUR TURN 5
Present ValueThe formula for compound interest, A = P11 + i2 , has four variables:
n
A, P, i, and n. Given the values of any three of these variables, the value of the fourth can
be found. In particular, if A (the future amount), i, and n are known, then P can be found.
Here P is the amount that should be deposited today to produce A dollars in n periods.
Example 8 Present Value

Stacey Sveum must pay a lump sum of $6000 in 5 years. What amount deposited today at
6.2% compounded annually will amount to $6000 in 5 years?
SolutionHere A = 6000, i = r = 0.062, n = t = 5, and P is unknown. Substituting
these values into the formula for the compound amount gives
A = P11 + i2n
6000 = P11.06225
6000
P = 4441.49,
11.06225
or $4441.49. If Stacey leaves $4441.49 for 5 years in an account paying 6.2% compounded
annually, she will have $6000 when she needs it. To check your work, use the compound interest
formula with P = $4441.49, i = 0.062, and n = 5. You should get A = $6000.00.
As Example 8 shows, $6000 in 5 years is approximately the same as $4441.49 today (if
money can be deposited at 6.2% compounded annually). An amount that can be deposited today
to yield a given sum in the future is called the present value of the future sum. Generalizing from
Example 8, by solving A = P11 + i2n for P, we get the following formula for present value.
Note
When computing the present value, Present Value for Compound Interest
you may have to round the principal The present value of A dollars compounded at an interest rate i per period for n periods is
up to the nearest cent to ensure that A
enough money is accumulated in P = or P = A 1 1 + i 2 n.
the given amount of time. Always 11 + i2n
check your solution.
Example 9 Present Value

Find the present value of $16,000 in 9 years if money can be deposited at 2% compounded
semiannually.
Solution In 9 years there are 2 # 9 = 18 semiannual periods. A rate of 2% per year is
1% in each semiannual period. Apply the formula with A = 16,000, i = 0.01, and n = 18.
YOUR TURN 6 Find the A 16,000
present value of $10,000 in 7 years P = = 13,376.28
11 + i2n 11.01218
if money can be deposited at 4.25%
compounded quarterly. A deposit of $13,376.28 today, at 2% compounded semiannually, will produce a total of
$16,000 in 9 years. TRY YOUR TURN 6
We can solve the compound amount formula for n also, as the following example shows.
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Teaching Tip: The material on logarithms

Example 10 Compounding Time
is optional, and you may want to skip this
if your students are not familiar with loga- Suppose the $2450 from Example 5 is deposited at 5.25% compounded quarterly until it
rithms. Material on logarithms is in Section reaches at least $10,000. How much time is required?
10.5 of Finite Mathematics and Calculus
Solution The principal is P = 2450 and the interest rate per quarter is i = 0.0525 / 4.
with Applications and Appendix B of Finite
Mathematics.
We are looking for the number of quarters (n) until the compound amount reaches at least
$10,000, that is, until
A = 10,000,
or 245011 + 0.0525 / 42n = 10,000. A = P 1 1 + i 2 n
Notice that the variable n is in the exponent. We will solve this equation for n with two dif-
ferent methods: graphically and algebraically (with logarithms).
Solution
Method 1 Graph the functions y = 245011 + 0.0525 / 42x and y = 10,000 in the same window, and then
Graphing Calculator find the point of intersection. As Figure 4 shows, the functions intersect at x = 107.8634.
Note, however, that interest is added to the account only every quarter, so we must wait 108
quarters, or 108 / 4 = 27 years, for the money to be worth at least $10,000.
12,000
Y210000
Intersection
0 X107.8634 Y10000 150
0
Figure 4
Method 2 The goal is to find n by solving the equation

Using Logarithms (Optional)
245011 + 0.0525 / 42n = 10,000.
for review Divide both sides by 2450, and simplify the expression in parentheses to get
For a review of logarithmic func-
tions, refer to Appendix B if you 10,000
are using Finite Mathematics, or 1.013125n = .
2450
to Section 10.5 if you are using
Finite Mathematics and Calculus Now take the logarithm (either base 10 or base e) of both sides to get
with Applications. The only prop-
erty of logarithms needed here is log11.013125n2 = log110,000 / 24502
log x r = r log x. Logarithms may n log11.0131252 = log110,000 / 24502Use logarithm property log x r = r log x.
be used in base 10, using the LOG
button on a calculator, or in base e, log110,000 / 24502
n = Divide both sides by log 1 1.013125 2 .
using the LN button. log11.0131252
107.86.
YOUR TURN 7 Find the time
needed for $3800 deposited at 3.5% As in Method 1, this means that we must wait 108 quarters, or 108 / 4 = 27 years, for the
compounded semiannually to be money to be worth at least $10,000. TRY YOUR TURN 7
worth at least $7000.
Technology Note We can use the TVM Solver on the TI-84 Plus C calculator to find the value of any of the variables
in the compound amount formula.
To find the nominal interest rate in Example 6, we would enter N = 24, PV = -5000,
FV = 6539.96, and P/Y = 4. Placing the cursor on the I% line and pressing SOLVE yields 4.5%
(rounded).
To find the compounding time in Example 10, we would enter I% = 5.25, PV = -2450,
FV = 10000, and P/Y = 4. Placing the cursor on the N line and pressing SOLVE yields 107.86
(rounded) quarters.

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Example 11 Price Doubling

Suppose the general level of inflation in the economy averages 8% per year. Find the number
of years it would take for the overall level of prices to double.
Solution We are looking for the number of years, with an annual inflation rate of 8%,
it takes for overall prices to double. We can use the formula for compound amount with an
arbitrary value for P. If we let P = $1, we are looking for the number of years until this
amount doubles to A = $2. Since the inflation rate is an annual rate, i = r = 0.08, and we
find n in the equation
P11 + i2n = A
111 + 0.082n = 2 P = 1, i = 0.08, and A = 2
11.082n = 2.
Solving this equation using either a graphing calculator or logarithms, as in Example 10, shows
that n = 9.00647. Thus, the overall level of prices will double in about 9 years.
You can quickly estimate how long it takes a sum of money to double, when com-
pounded annually, by using either the rule of 70 or the rule of 72. The rule of 70 (used for
small rates of growth) says that for 0.001 r 6 0.05, the value of 70 / 100r gives a good
approximation of the doubling time. The rule of 72 (used for larger rates of growth) says that
for 0.05 r 0.12, the value of 72 / 100r approximates the doubling time well. In Exam-
ple 11, the inflation rate is 8%, so the doubling time is approximately 72 / 8 = 9 years.*
Continuous Compounding Suppose that a bank, in order to attract more business,

offers to not just compound interest every quarter, or every month, or every day, or even every
hour, but constantly. This type of compound interest, in which the number of times a year
Teaching Tip: Continuous compounding is
not needed for the rest of Chapter 5 and may
that the interest is compounded becomes infinite, is known as continuous compounding.
be skipped. It is a nice way to introduce the To see how it works, look back at Example 5, where we found that $2450, when deposited
number e and was once a popular gimmick for 6.5 years at 5.25% compounded quarterly, resulted in a compound amount of $3438.78.
with banks but is now rare among financial We can find the compound amount if we compound more often by putting different values
institutions. of n in the formula A = 245011 + 0.0525 / n26.5n, as shown in the following table.
Compounding n Times Annually

n Type of Compounding Compound Amount
4 quarterly $3438.78
12 monthly $3443.86
360 daily $3446.34
8640 every hour $3446.42
Notice that as n becomes larger, the compound amount also becomes larger, but by a smaller
and smaller amount. In this example, increasing the number of compounding periods a year
from 360 to 8640 earns only 8. more. It is shown in calculus that as n becomes infinitely
large, P11 + r / n2nt gets closer and closer to Pe rt, where e is a very important irrational
number whose approximate value is 2.718281828. To calculate interest with continuous
compounding, use the e x button on your calculator. You will learn more about the number e
if you study calculus, where e plays as important a role as p does in geometry.
*To see where the rule of 70 and the rule of 72 come from, see the section on Taylor Series in Calculus with
Applications by Margaret L. Lial, Raymond N. Greenwell, and Nathan P. Ritchey, Pearson, 2016.

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Continuous Compounding
If a deposit of P dollars is invested at a rate of interest r compounded continuously for
t years, the compound amount is
A = Pert dollars.
Example 12 Continuous Compounding

Suppose that $2450 is deposited at 5.25% compounded continuously.
(a) Find the compound amount and the interest earned after 6.5 years.
Solution Using the formula for continuous compounding with P = 2450,
r = 0.0525, and t = 6.5, the compound amount is
A = 2450e 0.052516.52 3446.43.
The compound amount is $3446.43, which is just a penny more than if it had been com-
pounded hourly, or 9. more than daily compounding. Because it makes so little differ-
ence, continuous compounding has dropped in popularity in recent years. The interest
in this case is $3446.43 - 2450 = $996.43, or $7.65 more than if it were compounded
quarterly, as in Example 5.
(b) Find the effective rate.
Solution As in Example 7, the effective rate is just the amount of interest that $1
#
would earn in one year. If P = 1 and t = 1, then A = 1e 1 0.0525 = e 0.0525. The amount
of interest earned in one year is
e 0.0525 - 1 0.0539,
or an increase of 5.39%. In general, the effective rate for interest compounded continu-
ously at a rate r is rE = e r - 1.
(c) Find the time required for the original $2450 to grow to $10,000.
Solution
Method 1 As in Example 10, use a graphing calculator to find the intersection of y = 2450e 0.0525x and
Graphing Calculator y = 10,000. The answer is 26.79 years. Notice that, unlike in Example 10, you dont need
to wait until the next compounding period to reach this amount, because interest is being
added to the account continuously.
Method 2 Similar to the process in Example 10 (Method 2), we let P = 2450, A = 10,000, and
Using Logarithms r = 0.0525 and solve for t. Using logarithms,
(Optional)
A = Pe rt
10,000 = 2450e 0.0525t
10,000 / 2450 = e 0.0525t Divide both sides by 2450.
ln110,000 / 24502 = ln1e 0.0525t
2 Take natural logarithm of both sides.
ln110,000 / 24502 = 0.0525t Use the logarithm property ln 1 ex 2 = x.
YOUR TURN 8 Find the inter- ln110,000 / 24502
est earned on $5000 deposited at = t Divide both sides by 0.0525.
0.0525
3.8% compounded continuously for
t 26.79,
9 years.
or 26.79 years. TRY YOUR TURN 8

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At this point, it seems helpful to summarize the notation and the most important formu-
las for simple and compound interest. We use the following variables.
P = principal or present value
A = future or maturity value
r = annual (stated or nominal) interest rate
t = number of years
m = number of compounding periods per year
i = interest rate per period i = r/m
n = total number of compounding periods n = tm
rE = effective rate
Simple Interest Compound Interest Continuous Compounding

A = P 1 1 + rt 2 A = P11 + i2 n
A = Pert
A A
P = P = = A 1 1 + i 2 n P = Aert
1 + rt 11 + i2n
r m
rE = a1 + b 1 rE = er 1
m
5.1 Warm-up Exercises

Evaluate the following expressions. Round decimals to the
nearest hundredth. (Sec R.1)
W1. 100011 + 0.017 # 32 1051 W2. 150011 + 0.0526 2010.14
6000
W3. 11 + 0.0428 - 1 0.37 W4. 5175.65
11 + 0.0325
5.1 Exercises
1. What factors determine the amount of interest earned on a fixed Find the maturity value and the amount of simple interest
principal? The interest rate and number of compounding periods earned.
2. In your own words, describe the maturity value of a loan. 11. $3125 at 2.85% for 7 months $3176.95; $51.95
3. What is meant by the present value of money? 12. $12,000 at 5.3% for 11 months $12,583.00; $583
4. We calculated the loan in Example 2(b) assuming 360 days in
13. If $1500 earned simple interest of $56.25 in 6 months, what
a year. Find the maturity value using 365 days in a year. Which
was the simple interest rate? 7.5%
is more advantageous to the borrower? $11,463.88; 360
14. If $23,500 earned simple interest of $1057.50 in 9 months,
Find the simple interest. what was the simple interest rate? 6%
5. $25,000 at 3% for 9 months 6. $4289 at 4.5% for 35 weeks 15. Explain the difference between simple interest and compound
$562.50 $129.91 interest.
7. $1974 at 6.3% for 25 weeks 8. $6125 at 1.25% for 6 months
$59.79 $38.28 16. What is the difference between r and i? r is the interest rate per
Find the simple interest. Assume a 360-day year. year, while i is the interest rate per compounding period.
17. What is the difference between t and n? t is the number of years,
while n is the number of compounding periods.
9. $8192.17 at 3.1% for 72 days $50.79 18. In Figure 2, one line is straight and the other is curved. Explain
10. $7236.15 at 4.25% for 30 days $25.63 why this is, and which represents each type of interest.

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Find the compound amount for each deposit and the amount of 44. $6800, deposited at 5.4% compounded monthly, to reach at
interest earned. least $15,000 14 years, 9 months
19. $1000 at 6% compounded annually for 8 years
$1593.85; $593.85
20. $1000 at 4.5% compounded annually for 6 years Find the doubling time for each of the following levels of
$1302.26; $302.26 inflation using (a) logarithms or a graphing calculator, and
21. $470 at 5.4% compounded semiannually for 12 years (b) the rule of 70 or 72, whichever is appropriate.
$890.82; $420.82
22. $15,000 at 6% compounded monthly for 10 years
$27,290.95; $12,290.95 45. 3.3% 46. 6.25%
23. $8500 at 8% compounded quarterly for 5 years (a) 21.35 years (b) 21.21 years (a) 11.43 years old (b) 11.52 years
$12,630.55; $4130.55
24. $9100 at 6.4% compounded quarterly for 9 years For each of the following amounts at the given interest rate
$16,114.43; $7014.43
compounded continuously, find (a) the future value after 9 years,
Find the interest rate for each deposit and compound amount. (b) the effective rate, and (c) the time to reach $10,000.
25. $8000 accumulating to $11,672.12, compounded quarterly for 47. $5500

at 3.1% (a) $7269.94 48. $4700
at 4.65% (a) $7142.50
(b) 3.15% (c) 19.29 years (b) 4.76% (c) 16.24 years
8 years 4.75%
26. $12,500 accumulating to $20,077.43, compounded quarterly
for 9 years 5.3% Applications
27. $4500 accumulating to $5994.79, compounded monthly for B usiness and E conomics
5 years 5.75% 49. Loan Repayment Celeste Nossiter borrowed $7200 from her
28. $6725 accumulating to $10,353.47, compounded monthly for father to buy a used car. She repaid him after 9 months, at an
7 years 6.18% annual interest rate of 6.2%. Find the total amount she repaid.
How much of this amount is interest? $7534.80; $334.80
Find the effective rate corresponding to each nominal rate. 50. Delinquent Taxes An accountant for a corporation forgot to
pay the firms income tax of $321,812.85 on time. The govern-
29. 4% compounded quarterly 4.06% ment charged a penalty based on an annual interest rate of 13.4%
30. 6% compounded quarterly 6.14% for the 29 days the money was late. Find the total amount (tax
and penalty) that was paid. (Use a 365-day year.) $325,239.05
31. 7.25% compounded semiannually 7.38%
51. Savings A $1500 certificate of deposit held for 75 days was
32. 6.25% compounded semiannually 6.35% worth $1521.25. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what interest
rate was earned? Assume a 360-day year. 6.8%
Find the present value (the amount that should be invested 52. Bond Interest A bond with a face value of $10,000 in
now to accumulate the following amount) if the money is 10 years can be purchased now for $5988.02. What is the
compounded as indicated. simple interest rate? 6.7%
33. $12,820.77 at 4.8% compounded annually for 6 years $9677.13 53. Cash Advance Fees According to an advertisement, if you
34. $36,527.13 at 5.3% compounded annually for 10 years need a cash advance before payday, a national company can
$21,793.75 get you approved for an in-store cash advance at any of their
35. $2000 at 6% compounded semiannually for 8 years $1246.34 locations. For a $300 cash advance, a single repayment of
36. $2000 at 7% compounded semiannually for 8 years $1153.42 $378.59 is required fourteen days later. Determine the sim-
ple interest rate to the nearest hundredth of a percent. Use a
37. $8800 at 5% compounded quarterly for 5 years $6864.08
365-day year. 682.98%
38. $7500 at 5.5% compounded quarterly for 9 years $4587.23
54. Stock Growth A stock that sold for $22 at the beginning of
39. How do the nominal or stated interest rate and the effective the year was selling for $24 at the end of the year. If the stock
interest rate differ? paid a dividend of $0.50 per share, what is the simple interest
40. If interest is compounded more than once per year, which rate rate on an investment in this stock? (Hint: Consider the interest
is higher, the stated rate or the effective rate? The effective rate to be the increase in value plus the dividend.) 11.4%
55. Investments Suppose $10,000 is invested at an annual rate of
Using either logarithms or a graphing calculator, find the time 5% for 10 years. Find the future value if interest is compounded
required for each initial amount to be at least equal to the final as follows.
amount. (a) Annually $16,288.95 (b) Quarterly $16,436.19
41. $5000, deposited at 4% compounded quarterly, to reach at least (c) Monthly $16,470.09 (d) Daily (365 days) $16,486.65
$9000 15 years (e) Continuously $16,487.21
42. $8000, deposited at 3% compounded quarterly, to reach at least 56. Investments In Exercise 55, notice that as the money is com-
$23,000 35.5 years pounded more often, the compound amount becomes larger
43. $4500, deposited at 3.6% compounded monthly, to reach at and larger. Is it possible to compound often enough so that the
least $11,000 24 years, 11 months compound amount is $17,000 after 10 years? Explain.

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57. Comparing Investments According to the Federal Reserve, Note that 30% have saved less than $10,000. Assume the
from 1971 until 2014, the U.S. benchmark interest rate aver- money is invested at an average rate of 5% compounded
aged 6.05%. Source: Federal Reserve. quarterly. What will the top numbers in each category
(a) Suppose $1000 is invested for 1 year in a CD earning amount to in 20 years, when this age group will be ready for
6.05% interest, compounded monthly. Find the future value retirement?
of the account. $1062.21 62. Wealth A 1997 article in The New York Times discussed
(b) In March of 1980, the benchmark interest rate reached how long it would take for Bill Gates, the worlds second
a high of 20%. Suppose the $1000 from part (a) was in- richest person at the time (behind the Sultan of Brunei), to
vested in a 1-year CD earning 20% interest, compounded become the worlds first trillionaire. His birthday is October
monthly. Find the future value of the account. $1219.39 28, 1955, and on July 16, 1997, he was worth $42 billion.
(Note: A trillion dollars is 1000 billion dollars.) Source: The
(c) In December of 2009, the benchmark interest rate reached New York Times.
a low of 0.25%. Suppose the $1000 from part (a) was
invested in a 1-year CD earning 0.25% interest, compounded (a) Assume that Bill Gatess fortune grows at an annual rate of
monthly. Find the future value of the account. $1002.50 58%, the historical growth rate through 1997 of Microsoft
stock, which made up most of his wealth in 1997. Find
(d) Discuss how changes in interest rates over the past years the age at which he becomes a trillionaire. (Hint: Use
have affected the savings and the purchasing power of the formula for compound amount, A = P11 + i2n, with
average Americans. P = 42 and A = 1000. Solve for n using one of the meth-
58. Investments Shaun Murie borrowed $5200 from his friend ods described in Example 10.) 48
Ian Desrosiers to pay for remodeling work on his house. He (b) Repeat part (a) using 10.5% growth, the average return on
repaid the loan 10 months later with simple interest at 3%. Ian all stocks since 1926. Source: CNN. 73
then invested the proceeds (original principal plus interest) in
a 5-year certificate of deposit paying 3.3% compounded quar- (c) What rate of growth would be necessary for Bill Gates to
terly. How much will he have at the end of 5 years? (Hint: You become a trillionaire by the time he is eligible for Social
need to use both simple and compound interest.) $6281.91 Security on January 1, 2022, after he has turned 66? 13.84%
59. Student Loan Upon graduation from college, Warren (d) Forbes magazines listings of billionaires for 2006 and
Roberge was able to defer payment on his $40,000 subsi- 2014 have given Bill Gatess worth as roughly $50.0 billion
dized Stafford student loan for 6 months. Since the interest and $79.1 billion, respectively. What was the rate of growth
will no longer be paid on his behalf, it will be added to the of his wealth between 2006 and 2014? Source: Forbes.
5.90%
principal until payments begin. If the interest is 4.66% com-
pounded monthly, what will the principal amount be when he
must begin repaying his loan? Source: U.S. Department of Negative Interest Under certain conditions, Swiss banks pay
Education. $40,941.10 negative interest: They charge you. (You didnt think all that
secrecy was free?) Suppose a bank pays 2.4% interest com
60. Comparing Investments Two partners agree to invest equal pounded annually. Find the compound amount for a deposit of
amounts in their business. One will contribute $10,000 imme- $150,000 after each period.
diately. The other plans to contribute an equivalent amount in
3 years, when she expects to acquire a large sum of money. 63. 4 years $136,110.16 64. 8 years $123,506.50
How much should she contribute at that time to match her + 65. Savings On January 1, 2010, Jack deposited $1000 into bank
partners investment now, assuming an interest rate of 6% X to earn interest at a rate of j per annum compounded semi-
compounded semiannually? $11,940.52 annually. On January 1, 2015, he transferred his account to
61. Retirement Savings The pie graph below shows the percent bank Y to earn interest at the rate of k per annum compounded
of adults aged 4649 who said they had investments with a quarterly. On January 1, 2018, the balance of bank Y is
total value as shown in each category. Source: The New York $1990.76. If Jack could have earned interest at the rate of k per
Times. For $10,000, $27,014.85; for $149,000, $402,521.26; annum compounded quarterly from January 1, 2010, through
for $1,000,000, $2,701,484.94 January 1, 2018, his balance would have been $2203.76. Calcu-
Dont know Less than late the ratio k / j. Source: Society of Actuaries. 5 / 4
or no answer $10,000
28% 30% + 66. Savings Eric deposits $100 into a savings account at time 0,
which pays interest at a nominal rate of i, compounded semi-
annually. Mike deposits $200 into a different savings account
at time 0, which pays simple interest, at an annual rate of i.
More than
Eric and Mike earn the same amount of interest during the
$1 million
3% last 6 months of the 8th year. Calculate i. Choose one of the
following. Source: Society of Actuaries. (c)
$150,000 $10,000 (a) 9.06% (b) 9.26%
to $1 million to $149,000
13% 29% (c) 9.46% (d) 9.66%
Figures add to more than 100% because of rounding. (e) 9.86%
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+ 67. Interest Bruce and Robbie each open new bank accounts at 73. Buying a House Cara Tilley wants to have $30,000 available
time 0. Bruce deposits $100 into his bank account, and Robbie in 5 years for a down payment on a house. She has inherited
deposits $50 into his. Each account earns the same annual $25,000. How much of the inheritance should she invest now
effective interest rate. The amount of interest earned in Bruces to accumulate $30,000, if she can get an interest rate of 5.5%
account during the 11th year is equal to X. The amount of compounded quarterly? $22,829.90
interest earned in Robbies account during the 17th year is also 74. Rule of 70 On the day of their first grandchilds birth, a new
equal to X. Calculate X. Choose one of the following. Source: set of grandparents invested $10,000 in a trust fund earning
Society of Actuaries. (e) 4.5% compounded monthly.
(a) 28.0 (b) 31.3 (c) 34.6 (d) 36.7 (e) 38.9 (a) Use the rule of 70 to estimate how old the grandchild will
68. Interest Rate In 1995, O. G. McClain of Houston, Texas, be when the trust fund is worth $20,000. 16 years old
mailed a $100 check to a descendant of Texas independence (b) Use your answer to part (a) to determine the actual amount
hero Sam Houston to repay a $100 debt of McClains great- that will be in the trust fund at that time. How close was
great-grandfather, who died in 1835, to Sam Houston. A bank your estimate in part (a)? $20,516.69
estimated the interest on the loan to be $420 million for the
160 years it was due. Find the interest rate the bank was using,
assuming interest is compounded annually. Source: The New Doubling Time Use the ideas from Example 11 to find the time
York Times. 10.00% it would take for the general level of prices in the economy to
double at each average annual inflation rate.
69. Effective Rate In 2014, the Home Savings Bank paid 1%
interest, compounded daily, on a 1-year CD, while the Pal- 75. 4% About 18 years 76. 5% 14 years
ladian Private Bank paid 1% compounded quarterly. Source: 77. Doubling Time The consumption of electricity has increased
Bankrate.com. historically at 6% per year. If it continues to increase at this rate
(a) What are the effective rates, rounded to the nearest thou- indefinitely, find the number of years before the electric utilities
sandth percent, for the two CDs? Use a 365-day year. will need to double their generating capacity. About 12 years
1.005%, 1.004%
(b) Suppose $1000 was invested in each of these accounts. 78. Doubling Time Suppose a conservation campaign cou-
Find the compound amount, rounded to the nearest penny, pled with higher rates causes the demand for electricity to
after one year for each account. $1010.05, $1010.04 increase at only 2% per year, as it has recently. Find the num-
70. Effective Rate Determine the effective rates for the follow- ber of years before the utilities will need to double generating
ing nominal rates when interest is compounded daily and com- capacity. 35 years
pounded quarterly. Use a 365-day year. Round to the nearest 79. Mitt Romney According to The New York Times, During the
thousandth percent. fourteen years [Mitt Romney] ran it, Bain Capitals investments
(a) 2% 2.020%, 2.015% reportedly earned an annual rate of return of over 100 percent,
potentially turning an initial investment of $1 million into more
(b) 5% 5.127%, 5.095% than $14 million by the time he left in 1998. Source: The New
(c) 10% 10.516%, 10.381% York Times.
(d) 20% 22.134%, 21.551% (a) What rate of return, compounded annually, would turn $1
million into $14 million by 1998? 20.7%
(e) Use your answers from parts (a)(d), along with Exercise 69,
to discuss the effect of the frequency of compounding on (b) The actual rate of return of Bain Capital during the
different interest rates. 14 years that Romney ran it was 113%. How much would
$1 million, compounded annually at this rate, be worth
71. Comparing CD Rates Synchrony Bank offered the follow-
after 14 years? Source: The American. $39.6 billion
ing special CD rates for deposits above $25,000. The rates are
annual percentage yields, or effective rates, which are higher 80. Investment In the New Testament, Jesus commends a widow
than the corresponding nominal rates. Interest is compounded who contributed 2 mites to the temple treasury (Mark 12:
daily. Using a 365-day year, solve for r to approximate the 4244). A mite was worth roughly 1 / 8 of a cent. Suppose
corresponding nominal rates to the nearest hundredth. Source: the temple invested those 2 mites at 4% interest compounded
Synchrony Bank. 0.65%, 1.09%, 1.29%, 2.27% quarterly. How much would the money be worth 2000 years
later? $9.31 * 10 31
Term 6 mo 12 mo 3 yr 5 yr
APY% 0.65 1.10 1.30 2.30
Your Turn Answers
72. Savings A department has ordered 8 new Apple computers 1. $3048.33 2. 6.5%
at a cost of $2309 each. The order will not be delivered for 3. $545.75 4. 3.6%
6 months. What amount could the department deposit in a spe-
cial 6-month CD paying 4.79% compounded monthly to have 5. 2.73% 6. $7438.39
enough to pay for the machines at time of delivery? $18,035.71 7. 18 years 8. $2038.80

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5.2 Future Value of an Annuity

Apply It If you deposit $1500 each year for 6 years in an account paying 8%
interest compounded annually, how much will be in your account at the
end of this period?
We will use geometric sequences to develop a formula for the future value of such periodic
payments in Example 3.
Teaching Tip: The material on geometric

sequences may seem more abstract than the Geometric Sequences If a and r are nonzero real numbers, the infinite list of
rest of the material in this chapter, but it is numbers a, ar, ar 2, ar 3, ar 4, c, ar n, c is called a geometric sequence. For example, if
the fundamental tool for deriving formulas a = 3 and r = -2, we have the sequence
for annuities.
3, 31-22, 31-222, 31-223, 31-224, c,
or
3, -6, 12, -24, 48, c.
caution
In the sequence a, ar, ar 2, ar 3, ar 4, c, the number a is called the first term of the
Do not confuse r, the ratio of two
successive terms in a geometric sequence, ar is the second term, ar 2 is the third term, and so on. Thus, for any n 1,
series, with r, the annual interest rate. ar n 1 is the nth term of the sequence.
Different letters might have been
helpful, but the usage in both cases is Each term in the sequence is r times the preceding term. The number r is called the common
almost universal. ratio of the sequence.
Example 1 Geometric Sequence

Find the seventh term of the geometric sequence 5, 20, 80, 320, c.
Solution The first term in the sequence is 5, so a = 5. The common ratio, found by
dividing the second term by the first, is r = 20 / 5 = 4. We want the seventh term, so n = 7.
Use ar n-1, with a = 5, r = 4, and n = 7.
ar n-1 = 1521427-1 = 51426 = 20,480
Next, we need to find the sum Sn of the first n terms of a geometric sequence, where
Sn = a + ar + ar 2 + ar 3 + ar 4 + g + ar n-1. (1)
If r = 1, then
Sn = a + a + a + a + g + a = na.
(+++++11+)+++++11+*
n terms
If r Z 1, multiply both sides of equation (1) by r to get

rSn = ar + ar 2 + ar 3 + ar 4 + g + ar n. (2)
Now subtract corresponding sides of equation (1) from equation (2).

rSn = ar + ar 2 + ar 3 + ar 4 + g + ar n - 1 + ar n
-Sn = - 1a + ar + ar 2 + ar 3 + ar 4 + g + ar n - 12
rSn - Sn = -a + ar n
Sn1r - 12 = a1r n - 12 Factor.
a1r n - 12
Sn = Divide both sides by r 1.
r - 1
This result is summarized on the next page.

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5.2 Future Value of an Annuity 215
Sum of Terms
If a geometric sequence has first term a and common ratio r, then the sum Sn of the first
n terms is given by
a 1 rn 1 2
Sn = , r 3 1.
r 1
Example 2 Sum of a Geometric Sequence

Find the sum of the first six terms of the geometric sequence 3, 12, 48, c.
SolutionHere a = 3, r = 4, and n = 6. Find S6 by the formula above.
3146 - 12
S6 = n = 6, a = 3, r = 4.
4 - 1
YOUR TURN 1 Find the sum 314096 - 12
of the first 9 terms of the geometric =
series 4, 12, 36, c. 3
= 4095 TRY YOUR TURN 1
Ordinary Annuities A sequence of equal payments made at equal periods of time

is called an annuity. If the payments are made at the end of the time period, and if the fre-
quency of payments is the same as the frequency of compounding, the annuity is called an
ordinary annuity. The time between payments is the payment period, and the time from
the beginning of the first payment period to the end of the last period is called the term of
the annuity. The future value of the annuity, the final sum on deposit, is defined as the
sum of the compound amounts of all the payments, compounded to the end of the term.
Two common uses of annuities are to accumulate funds for some goal or to withdraw
funds from an account. For example, an annuity may be used to save money for a large
purchase, such as an automobile, a college education, or a down payment on a home. An
annuity also may be used to provide monthly payments for retirement. We explore these
options in this and the next section.
Example 3 Ordinary Annuity

Suppose $1500 is deposited at the end of each year for the next 6 years in an account pay-
ing 8% per year compounded annually. How much will be in the account at the end of this
period?
APPLY IT Solution Figure 5 shows this annuity. To find the future value of the annuity, look sepa-
rately at each of the $1500 payments. The first of these payments will produce a compound
amount of
150011 + 0.0825 = 150011.0825.
Term of annuity
End of year
1 2 3 4 5 6
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6
$1500 $1500 $1500 $1500 $1500 $1500
The $1500 is deposited at the end of the year.
Figure 5

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Use 5 as the exponent instead of 6, since the money is deposited at the end of the first year
and earns interest for only 5 years. The second payment of $1500 will produce a compound
amount of 150011.0824. As shown in Figure 6, the future value of the annuity is
150011.0825 + 150011.0824 + 150011.0823 + 150011.0822
+ 150011.0821 + 1500.
(The last payment earns no interest at all.)
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6
Deposit $1500 $1500 $1500 $1500 $1500 $1500

$1500
1500(1.08)
1500(1.08)2
1500(1.08)3
1500(1.08)4
1500(1.08)5
Figure 6
Reading this sum in reverse order, we see that it is the sum of the first six terms of a
geometric sequence, with a = 1500, r = 1.08, and n = 6. Thus, the sum equals
a1r n - 12 1500 311.0826 - 14
= $11,003.89.
r - 1 1.08 - 1
To generalize this result, suppose that payments of R dollars each are deposited into an
account at the end of each period for n periods, at a rate of interest i per period. The first
payment of R dollars will produce a compound amount of R11 + i2n-1 dollars, the second
payment will produce R11 + i2n-2 dollars, and so on; the final payment earns no interest and
contributes just R dollars to the total. If S represents the future value (or sum) of the annuity,
then (as shown in Figure 7),
S = R11 + i2n-1 + R11 + i2n-2 + R11 + i2n-3 + g + R11 + i2 + R,
or, written in reverse order,
S = R + R11 + i21 + R11 + i22 + g + R11 + i2n-1.
Period 1 2 3 n1 n
A deposit of $R
Deposit $R $R $R $R $R becomes
R
R(1 + i)
...
R(1 + i)n 3 The sum of

these is the amount
R(1 + i)n 2 of the annuity.
R(1 + i)n 1
Figure 7
This result is the sum of the first n terms of the geometric sequence having first term R
and common ratio 1 + i. Using the formula for the sum of the first n terms of a geometric
sequence,
R 311 + i2n - 14 R 311 + i2n - 14 11 + i2n - 1
S = = = Rc d.
11 + i2 - 1 i i
The quantity in brackets is commonly written s n i (read s-angle-n at i), so that
S = R # s n i .
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A formula for the future value of an annuity S of n payments of R dollars each at the end
of each consecutive interest period, with interest compounded at a rate i per period, follows.
Recall that this type of annuity, with payments at the end of each time period, is called an
ordinary annuity.
Future Value of an Ordinary Annuity

11 + i2n 1
S = Rc d or S = Rs n i
i
where
S is the future value;
R is the periodic payment;
i is the interest rate per period;
n is the number of periods.
NoteWe use S for the future value of an annuity, instead of A as in the compound interest
formula, to help avoid confusing the two formulas. Some texts use FV for the future value,
PV for the present value, and PMT for the payment. Although these multiple-letter variables
may be easier to identify, in mathematics, a string of variables usually indicates multiplication.
(In other words, the symbol FV would indicate the multiplication of the variables F and V.)
Therefore, to avoid confusion, we will continue to use S for the future value of an annuity,
P for the present value, and R for the periodic payment.
Example 4 Ordinary Annuity

Leslie Mitchell is an athlete who believes that her playing career will last 7 years.
(a) To prepare for her future, she deposits $24,000 at the end of each year for 7 years in an
account paying 6% compounded annually. How much will she have on deposit after
7 years?
Solution Her yearly payments form an ordinary annuity with R = 24,000. Since the
interest is compounded annually, m = 1. The number of periods is n = mt = 1172 = 7
and the interest rate per period is i = r / m = 0.06 / 1 = 0.06. Using the formula for the
future value of an annuity,
11.0627 - 1
S = 24,000 # s 7 0.06 = 24,000c d 201,452.10,
0.06
or $201,452.10. Note that she made 7 payments of $24,000, or $168,000. The interest
that she earned is $201,452.10 - $168,000 = $33,452.10.
(b) Instead of investing $24,000 at the end of each year, suppose Leslie deposits $2000 at
the end of each month for 7 years in an account paying 6% compounded monthly. How
much will she have on deposit after 7 years?
Solution Interest is compounded monthly, so m = 12, n = 12172 = 84, and
i = 0.06 / 12 = 0.005. Using the formula for the future value of an annuity with
YOUR TURN 2 Find the R = 2000 gives
accumulated amount after 11 years 11.005284 - 1
if $250 is deposited every month S = 2000 # s 84 0.005 = 2000c d 208,147.85,
0.005
in an account paying 3.3% interest
compounded monthly. or $208,147.85. Note that Leslie made 84 payments of $2000, so she still invested
$168,000. With this investment, her interest is $40,147.85. TRY YOUR TURN 2

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Technology Note As we saw in Section 5.1, the TI-84 Plus C graphing calculator can be used to find the future
value of many investments. Select APPS, then Finance, then TVM Solver. For the investment
in Example 4(b), we would enter 84 for N (number of payments), 6 for I% (interest rate), 0 for
PV (present value), -2000 for PMT (negative because payments are considered an outflow), 0 for
FV (future value), and 12 for P/Y (payments per year). To find the future value, move the cursor
to the FV line and enter ALPHA, then SOLVE (the ENTER button). The (rounded) future value is
$208147.85, as shown in Figure 8. For more information on using the TVM solver, see the Graphing
Calculator and Excel Spreadsheet Manual available with this book.
N=84
I%=6
PV=0
PMT=-2000
FV=208147.8544
P/Y=12
C/Y=12
PMT: END BEGIN
Figure 8
Sinking Funds A fund set up to receive periodic payments as in Example 4 is called

a sinking fund. The periodic payments, together with the interest earned by the payments,
are designed to produce a given sum at some time in the future. For example, a sinking
fund might be set up to receive money that will be needed to pay off the principal on a loan
at some future time. If the payments are all the same amount and are made at the end of a
regular time period, they form an ordinary annuity.
Example 5 Sinking Fund

Experts say that the baby boom generation (Americans born between 1946 and 1960) can-
not count on a company pension or Social Security to provide a comfortable retirement,
as their parents did. It is recommended that they start to save early and regularly. Beth
Hudacky, a baby boomer, has decided to deposit $200 each month for 20 years in an account
that pays interest of 7.2% compounded monthly.
(a) How much will be in the account at the end of 20 years?
Solution This savings plan is an annuity with R = 200, i = 0.072 / 12 = 0.006,
and n = 121202 = 240. The future value is
11 + 0.0062240 - 1
S = 200c d 106,752.47,
0.006
or $106,752.47.
(b) Beth believes she needs to accumulate $130,000 in the 20-year period to have enough
for retirement. What interest rate would provide that amount?
Solution We are looking for the annual interest rate, r, that would yield a future
value of $130,000 when compounded monthly. One way to determine this rate is to let
i = r / 12 and S = 130,000, and then solve the future value equation for r:
11 + r / 122240 - 1
130,000 = 200 c d
r / 12
This is a difficult equation to solve. Although trial and error could be used, we will use
a graphing calculator.

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Method 1 Using the TVM Solver on the TI-84 C calculator, enter 240 for N (the number of periods),
TVM Solver 0 for PV (present value), 0 for I% (annual interest rate), -200 for PMT (negative because
the money is being paid out), 130000 for FV (future value), and 12 for P/Y (payments per
year). Put the cursor on the I% line and press SOLVE. The result, shown in Figure 9, indi-
cates that an interest rate of 8.79% (rounded) is needed.
N=240
I%=8.785807706
PV=0
PMT=-200
FV=130000
P/Y=12
C/Y=12
PMT: END BEGIN
Figure 9
Method 2 Graph the equations y = 200111 + x / 122240 - 12/ 1x / 122 and y = 130,000 on the same
Graphing Calculator window, and then find the point of intersection. The annual interest rate, rounded to the
nearest hundredth, is 8.79%. See Figure 10.
150,000
Y2=130000
Intersection
0 X=.08785808 Y=130000 0.12
0
Figure 10
In Example 5 we used sinking fund calculations to determine the amount of money that
accumulates over time through monthly payments and interest. We can also use this formula
to determine the amount of money necessary to periodically invest at a given interest rate to
reach a particular goal. Start with the annuity formula
11 + i2n - 1
S = Rc d,
i
and multiply both sides by i / 311 + i2n - 14 to derive the following formula.
Note
When calculating the sinking fund Sinking Fund Payment
payment, you may have to round Si S
the periodic payment up to the R = or R =
nearest cent to ensure that enough 11 + i2n 1 s n i
money is accumulated by the where
specified time in the future. Always
check your solution. R is the periodic payment;
S is the future value;
i is the interest rate per period;

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Example 6 Sinking Fund Payment

Suppose Beth, in Example 5, cannot get the higher interest rate to produce $130,000 in
20 years. To meet that goal, she must increase her monthly payment. What payment should
she make each month?
Solution Beths goal is to accumulate $130,000 in 20 years at 7.2% compounded
monthly. Therefore, the future value is S = 130,000, the monthly interest rate is
i = 0.072 / 12 = 0.006, and the number of periods is n = 121202 = 240. Use the sinking
fund payment formula to find the payment R.
YOUR TURN 3 Find the quar- 1130,000210.0062

R = 243.5540887
terly payment needed to produce 11 + 0.0062240 - 1
$13,500 in 14 years at 3.75% inter-
est compounded quarterly. Beth will need payments of $243.56 each month for 20 years to accumulate at least $130,000.
Notice that $243.55 is not quite enough, so round up here. TRY YOUR TURN 3
Technology Note To use the TVM Solver on the TI-84 Plus C calculator to find the periodic payment in Example 6,
enter N = 240, I% = 7.2, PV = 0, PMT = 0, FV = 130000, and P/Y = 12. Put the cursor on
PMT and press SOLVE. See Figure 11. The payment is negative because the money is an outflow. The
monthly payment, rounded up to the nearest cent, is $243.55.
N=240
I%=7.2
PV=0
PMT=-243.5540887
FV=130000
P/Y=12
C/Y=12
PMT: END BEGIN
Figure 11
Technology Note We can also use a graphing calculator or spreadsheet to make a table of the amount in a sinking fund.
In the formula for future value of an annuity, simply let n be a variable with values from 1 to the total
number of payments. Figure 12(a) shows the beginning of such a table generated on a TI-84 Plus C
for Example 6. Figure 12(b) shows the beginning of the same table using Microsoft Excel.
n Amount in Fund
1 243.55
2 488.56
3 735.04
4 983.00
X Y1
1 243.55 5 1232.45
2 488.56 6 1483.40
3 735.04
4 983 7 1735.85
5 1232.5 8 1989.81
6 1483.4
7 1735.8 9 2245.30
8 1989.8
9 2245.3 10 2502.32
10 2502.3 11 2760.89
11 2760.9
X=1 12 3021.00
(a) (b)
Figure 12

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Annuities Due The future value formula developed in this section is for ordinary
annuitiesthose with payments made at the end of each time period. These results can be
modified slightly to apply to annuities dueannuities in which payments are made at the
beginning of each time period. To find the future value of an annuity due, treat each payment
as if it were made at the end of the preceding period. That is, find s n i for one additional
period; to compensate for this, subtract the amount of one payment.
Thus, the future value of an annuity due of n payments of R dollars each at the begin-
ning of consecutive interest periods, with interest compounded at the rate of i per period, is
11 + i2n+1 - 1
S = Rc d - R or S = Rs n+1 i - R.
i
Technology Note The finance feature of the TI-84 Plus C can be used to find the future value of an annuity due. Pro-
ceed as you did with an ordinary annuity, but on the last line of the solver, select BEGIN for PMT.
Example 7 Future Value of an Annuity Due

Find the future value of an annuity due if payments of $500 are made at the beginning of
each quarter for 7 years, in an account paying 6% compounded quarterly.
Solution In 7 years, there are n = 28 quarterly periods. Add one period to get
YOUR TURN 4 Find the future
value of an annuity due with $325 n + 1 = 29, and use the formula with i = 0.06 / 4 = 0.015.
made at the beginning of each month 11.015229 - 1
for 5 years in an account paying S = 500c d - 500 17,499.35
0.015
3.3% compounded monthly.
The account will have a total of $17,499.35 after 7 years. TRY YOUR TURN 4

Find the compound amount for each deposit and the amount of
interest earned. (Sec. 5.1)
W1. $1500 at 3.2% compounded quarterly for 6 years. W2. $800 at 4.8% compounded monthly for 3 years.
$1816.12; $316.12 $923.64; $123.64
5.2 Exercises
Find the fifth term of each geometric sequence. 15. Explain how a geometric sequence is related to an ordinary
annuity.
1. a = 3; r = 2 48 2. a = 7; r = 5 4375
16. Explain the difference between an ordinary annuity and an
3. a = -8; r = 3 -648 4. a = -6; r = 2 -96 annuity due.
5. a = 1; r = -3 81 6. a = 12; r = -2 192
1 1 Find the future value of each ordinary annuity. Interest is
7. a = 256; r = 1 8. a = 729; r = 9
4 3 compounded annually.
Find the sum of the first four terms for each geometric sequence. 17. R = 100; i = 0.06; n = 4 $437.46
9. a = 1; r = 2 15 10. a = 4; r = 4 340 18. R = 1000; i = 0.03; n = 5 $5309.14
1 1 19. R = 25,000; i = 0.045; n = 36 $2,154,099.15
11. a = 5; r = 156 / 25 12. a = 6; r = 45 / 4
5 2 20. R = 29,500; i = 0.058; n = 15 $676,272.05
3 3
13. a = 128; r = - -208 14. a = 64; r = - 25
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Find the future value of each ordinary annuity, if payments are Find the future value of each annuity due. Then determine how
made and interest is compounded as given. Then determine how much of this value is from contributions and how much is from
much of this value is from contributions and how much is from interest.
interest.
43. Payments of $1000 made at the beginning of each semiannual
21. R = 9200; 10% interest compounded semiannually for 7 years period for 9 years at 8.15% compounded semiannually
$180,307.41; $128,800; $51,507.41 $26,874.97; $18,000; $8874.97
22. R = 1250; 5% interest compounded semiannually for 18 years 44. $750 deposited at the beginning of each month for 15 years at
$71,626.77; $45,000; $26,626.77
23. R = 800; 6.51% interest compounded semiannually for 12 years 5.9% compounded monthly $217,328.08; $135,000; $82,328.08
$28,438.21; $19,200; $9238.21
24. R = 4600; 8.73% interest compounded quarterly for 9 years 45. $250 deposited at the beginning of each quarter for 12 years at
$247,752.70; $165,600; $82,152.70 4.2% compounded quarterly $15,662.40; $12,000; $3662.40
25. R = 12,000; 4.8% interest compounded quarterly for 16 years
$1,145,619.96; $768,000; $377,619.96 46. $1500 deposited at the beginning of each semiannual period for
26. R = 42,000; 10.05% interest compounded semiannually for 11 years at 5.6% compounded semiannually
12 years $1,875,230.74; $1,008,000; $867,230.74 $46,034.09; $33,000; $13,034.09
27. What is meant by a sinking fund? Give an example of a sinking
fund. Applications
28. List some reasons for establishing a sinking fund. B usiness and E conomics
47. Comparing Accounts April Peel deposits $12,000 at the end
of each year for 9 years in an account paying 8% interest com-
Determine the interest rate needed to accumulate the following pounded annually.
amounts in a sinking fund, with monthly payments as given.
(a) Find the final amount she will have on deposit. $149,850.69
29. Accumulate $56,000, monthly payments of $300 over 12 years
4.19% (b) Aprils brother-in-law works in a bank that pays 6% com-
30. Accumulate $120,000, monthly payments of $500 over pounded annually. If she deposits money in this bank instead
15 years 3.69% of the one above, how much will she have in her account?
$137,895.79
(c) How much would April lose over 9 years by using her
Find the periodic payment that will amount to each given sum brother-in-laws bank? $11,954.90
under the given conditions.
48. Savings Boyd Shepherd is saving for an Ultra HDTV. At
31. S = $10,000; interest is 5% compounded annually; payments the end of each month he puts $100 in a savings account that
are made at the end of each year for 12 years. $628.26 pays 2.25% interest compounded monthly. How much is in the
32. S = $150,000; interest is 6% compounded semiannually; account after 2 years? How much did Boyd deposit? How much
payments are made at the end of each semiannual period for interest did he earn? $2452.47; $2400; $52.47
11 years. $4912.11 49. Savings A typical pack-a-day smoker spends about $179.40
per month on cigarettes. Suppose the smoker invests that
amount each month in a savings account at 4.8% interest
Find the amount of each payment to be made into a sinking
fund so that enough will be present to accumulate the following compounded monthly. What would the account be worth after
amounts. Payments are made at the end of each period. 40 years? Source: Tobacco Free Kids. $259,900.62
50. Retirement Planning A 45-year-old man puts $2500 in a
33. $8500; money earns 8% compounded annually; there are
retirement account at the end of each quarter until he reaches
7 annual payments. $952.62
the age of 60, then makes no further deposits. If the account
34. $2750; money earns 5% compounded annually; there are pays 6% interest compounded quarterly, how much will be in
5 annual payments. $497.68 the account when the man retires at age 65? $323,967.96
35. $75,000; money earns 6% compounded semiannually for 51. Retirement Planning At the end of each quarter, a 50-year-
4 12 years. $7382.54 old woman puts $3000 in a retirement account that pays
36. $25,000; money earns 5.7% compounded quarterly for 3 12 years. 5% interest compounded quarterly. When she reaches 60, she
$1626.16 withdraws the entire amount and places it in a mutual fund that
37. $65,000; money earns 7.5% compounded quarterly for 2 12 years. pays 6.9% interest compounded monthly. From then on she
$5970.23
38. $9000; money earns 4.8% compounded monthly for 2 12 years. deposits $300 in the mutual fund at the end of each month. How
$282.96 much is in the account when she reaches age 65? $239,315.17
Find the future value of each annuity due. Assume that interest
Individual Retirement Accounts Suppose a 40-year-old person
is compounded annually.
deposits $4000 per year in an Individual Retirement Account
39. R = 600; i = 0.06; n = 8 $6294.79 until age 65. Find the total in the account with the following
assumptions of interest rates. (Assume quarterly compounding,
40. R = 1700; i = 0.04; n = 15 $35,401.70 with payments of $1000 made at the end of each quarter period.)
41. R = 16,000; i = 0.05; n = 7 $136,785.74 Find the total amount of interest earned.
42. R = 4000; i = 0.06; n = 11 $63,479.76 52. 6% 53. 8% 54. 4% 55. 10%

52. $228,803.04; $128,803.04 53. $312,232.31; $212,232.31
54. $170,481.38; $70,481.38 55. $432,548.65; $332,548.65

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56. Savings Hector Amaya needs $10,000 in 8 years. 65. Lottery In a 1992 Virginia lottery, the jackpot was $27 mil-
(a) What amount should he deposit at the end of each quar- lion. An Australian investment firm tried to buy all possible
ter at 8% compounded quarterly so that he will have his combinations of numbers, which would have cost $7 million.
$10,000? $226.11 In fact, the firm ran out of time and was unable to buy all com-
binations but ended up with the only winning ticket anyway.
(b) Find Hectors quarterly deposit if the money is deposited The firm received the jackpot in 20 equal annual payments of
at 6% compounded quarterly. $245.78 $1.35 million. Assume these payments meet the conditions of
57. Buying Equipment Harv, the owner of Harvs Meats, knows an ordinary annuity. Source: The Washington Post.
that he must buy a new deboner machine in 4 years. The (a) Suppose the firm can invest money at 8% interest com-
machine costs $12,000. In order to accumulate enough money pounded annually. How many years would it take until the
to pay for the machine, Harv decides to deposit a sum of money investors would be further ahead than if they had simply
at the end of each 6 months in an account paying 6% com- invested the $7 million at the same rate? (Hint: Experiment
pounded semiannually. How much should each payment be? with different values of n, the number of years, or use a
$1349.48
58. Buying a Car Michelle Christian wants to have a $20,000 graphing calculator to plot the value of both investments
down payment when she buys a new car in 6 years. How much as a function of the number of years.) 7 yr
money must she deposit at the end of each quarter in an account (b) How many years would it take in part (a) at an interest rate
paying 3.2% compounded quarterly so that she will have the of 12%? 9 yr
down payment she desires? $759.22
66. Buying Real Estate Erin DAquanni sells some land in
59. Savings Taylor Larson is paid on the first day of the month Nevada. She will be paid a lump sum of $60,000 in 7 years.
and $80 is automatically deducted from her pay and deposited Until then, the buyer pays 8% simple interest quarterly.
in a savings account. If the account pays 2.5% interest com-
pounded monthly, how much will be in the account after 3 years (a) Find the amount of each quarterly interest payment on the
and 9 months? $3777.89 $60,000. $1200
60. Savings A father opened a savings account for his daughter (b) The buyer sets up a sinking fund so that enough money
on the day she was born, depositing $1000. Each year on her will be present to pay off the $60,000. The buyer will make
birthday he deposits another $1000, making the last deposit semiannual payments into the sinking fund; the account
on her 21st birthday. If the account pays 5.25% interest com- pays 6% compounded semiannually. Find the amount of
pounded annually, how much is in the account at the end of the each payment into the fund. $3511.59
day on his daughters 21st birthday? How much interest has 67. Buying Rare Stamps Trevor Stieg bought a rare stamp for
been earned? $39,664.40; $17,664.40 his collection. He agreed to pay a lump sum of $4000 after
61. Savings Jessica Elbern deposits $2435 at the beginning of each 5 years. Until then, he pays 6% simple interest semiannually
semiannual period for 8 years in an account paying 6% com- on the $4000.
pounded semiannually. She then leaves that money alone, with (a) Find the amount of each semiannual interest payment.
no further deposits, for an additional 5 years. Find the final $120
(b) Trevor sets up a sinking fund so that enough money will
amount on deposit after the entire 13-year period. $67,940.98 be present to pay off the $4000. He will make annual pay-
62. Savings Nic Daubenmire deposits $10,000 at the beginning ments into the fund. The account pays 8% compounded
of each year for 12 years in an account paying 5% compounded annually. Find the amount of each payment.
annually. He then puts the total amount on deposit in another $681.83
+ 6
8. Down Payment A conventional loan, such as for a car or a
account paying 6% compounded semiannually for another house, is similar to an annuity but usually includes a down pay-
9 years. Find the final amount on deposit after the entire ment. Show that if a down payment of D dollars is made at the
21-year period. $284,527.35 beginning of the loan period, the future value of all the pay-
ments, including the down payment, is
In Exercises 63 and 64, use a graphing calculator to find the
value of i that produces the given value of S. (See Example 5(b).) 11 + i2n - 1
S = D11 + i2n + R c d.
63. Retirement To save for retirement, Karla Harby put $300 i
each month into an ordinary annuity for 20 years. Interest was
compounded monthly. At the end of the 20 years, the annu-
ity was worth $147,126. What annual interest rate did she
receive? 6.5%
64. Rate of Return Kelli Hughes made payments of $250 per Your Turn Answers
month at the end of each month to purchase a piece of prop- 1. 39,364
erty. At the end of 30 years, she completely owned the prop- 2. $39,719.98
erty, which she sold for $330,000. What annual interest rate
would she need to earn on an annuity for a comparable rate of 3. $184.41
return? 7.397% 4. $21,227.66

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5.3 Present Value of an Annuity; Amortization

Apply It What monthly payment will pay off a $17,000 car loan in 36 monthly
payments at 6% annual interest?
Teaching Tip: This section extends the
The answer to this question is given in Example 2 in this section. We shall see that it
ideas of the previous section to show how to
calculate payments on a loan and create an
involves finding the present value of an annuity.
amortization table.
Suppose that at the end of each year, for the next 10 years, $500 is deposited in a savings
account paying 7% interest compounded annually. This is an example of an ordinary annu-
ity. The present value of an annuity is the amount that would have to be deposited in one
lump sum today (at the same compound interest rate) in order to produce exactly the same
balance at the end of 10 years. We can find a formula for the present value of an annuity as
follows.
Suppose deposits of R dollars are made at the end of each period for n periods at interest
rate i per period. Then the amount in the account after n periods is the future value of this
annuity:
11 + i2n - 1
S = R # s n i = Rc d.
i
On the other hand, if P dollars are deposited today at the same compound interest rate i,
then at the end of n periods, the amount in the account is P11 + i2n. If P is the present
value of the annuity, this amount must be the same as the amount S in the formula above;
that is,
11 + i2n - 1
P11 + i2n = Rc d.
i
For Review To solve this equation for P, multiply both sides by 11 + i2-n.
Recall from Section R.6 that for
11 + i2n - 1
any nonzero number a, a0 = 1. P = R11 + i2-n c d
Also, by the product rule for i
exponents, ax # ay = ax+y. In par-
ticular, if a is any nonzero number, Use the distributive property; also recall that 11 + i2-n11 + i2n = 1.
an # a-n = an + 1-n2 = a0 = 1.
11 + i2-n11 + i2n - 11 + i2-n 1 - 11 + i2-n
P = Rc d = Rc d
i i
The amount P is the present value of the annuity. The quantity in brackets is abbreviated as
a n i , so
1 - 11 + i2-n
a n i = .
i
(The symbol a n i is read a-angle-n at i. Compare this quantity with s n i in the previous
section.) The formula for the present value of an annuity is summarized below.
Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity

The present value P of an annuity of n payments of R dollars each at the end of consecu-
tive interest periods with interest compounded at a rate of interest i per period is
1 1 1 + i 2 n
P = Rc d or P = Ra n i .
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5.3 Present Value of an Annuity; Amortization 225
caution Dont confuse the formula for the present value of an annuity with the one for the
future value of an annuity. Notice the difference: The numerator of the fraction in
the present value formula is 1 - 11 + i2-n, but in the future value formula, it is
11 + i2n - 1.
Example 1 Present Value of an Annuity

Tim Wilson and Carol Britz are both graduates of the Brisbane Institute of Technology
(BIT). They both agree to contribute to the endowment fund of BIT. Tim says that he will
give $500 at the end of each year for 9 years. Carol prefers to give a lump sum today. What
lump sum can she give that will equal the present value of Tims annual gifts, if the endow-
ment fund earns 7.5% compounded annually?
YOUR TURN 1 Find the SolutionHere, R = 500, n = 9, and i = 0.075, and we have
present value of an annuity of $120
1 - 11.0752-9
P = R # a 9 0.075 = 500c
at the end of each month put into an
d 3189.44.
account yielding 4.8% compounded 0.075
monthly for 5 years.
Therefore, Carol must donate a lump sum of $3189.44 today. TRY YOUR TURN 1
One of the most important uses of annuities is in determining the equal monthly pay-
ments needed to pay off a loan, as illustrated in the next example.
Example 2 Car Payments

A car costs $19,000. After a down payment of $2000, the balance will be paid off in 36 equal
monthly payments with interest of 6% per year on the unpaid balance. Find the amount of
each payment.
APPLY IT Solution A single lump sum payment of $17,000 today would pay off the loan.
So, $17,000 is the present value of an annuity of 36 monthly payments with interest of
6% / 12 = 0.5% per month. Thus, P = 17,000, n = 36, i = 0.005, and we must find the
monthly payment R in the formula
1 - 11 + i2-n
P = Rc d
i
YOUR TURN 2 Find the car 1 - 11.0052-36
17,000 = Rc d
payment in Example 2 if there are 0.005
48 equal monthly payments and the R 517.17.
interest rate is 5.4%.
A monthly payment of $517.17 will be needed. TRY YOUR TURN 2
Each payment in Example 2 includes interest on the unpaid balance, with the remainder
going to reduce the loan. For example, the first payment of $517.17 includes interest of
0.0051$17,0002 = $85 and is divided as follows.
monthly interest to reduce

payment due the balance
$517.17 - $85 = $432.17
At the end of this section, amortization schedules show that this procedure does reduce the
loan to $0 after all payments are made (the final payment may be slightly different).

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Technology Note As in the first two sections, the financial feature of the TI-84 Plus C calculator can simplify the
calculations.
In Example 1, we are looking for the present value. In the TVM Solver, we enter the number of
payments N = 9, the interest rate I% = 7.5, the payment PMT = -500, and the number of payments
per year P/Y = 1. (We leave the present value PV and future value FV zero.) Move the cursor to the
PV line and press SOLVE. See Figure 13. The present value, rounded to the nearest cent, is $3189.44.
N=9 N=36
I%=7.5 I%=6
PV=3189.443514 PV=17000
PMT=-500 PMT=-517.1729367
FV=0 FV=0
P/Y=1 P/Y=12
C/Y=1 C/Y=12
PMT: END BEGIN PMT: END BEGIN
Figure 13 Figure 14
In Example 2, we are looking for the amount of each car payment. Again we use the
TVM Solver, but this time we will enter the present value (the amount we are borrowing for the
car) and we leave the payment zero. Since we are borrowing the money, the present value is an
inflow and is entered as a positive value. We enter N = 36, I% = 6, PV = 17,000, PMT = FV = 0,
and P/Y = 12. Move the cursor to the PMT line and press SOLVE. See Figure 14. The monthly
payment (rounded) is $517.17.
Amortization A loan is amortized if both the principal and interest are paid by a
sequence of equal periodic payments. In Example 2, a loan of $17,000 at 6% interest com-
pounded monthly could be amortized by paying $517.17 per month for 36 months.
The periodic payment needed to amortize a loan may be found, as in Example 2, by
solving the present value equation for R.
Amortization Payments
A loan of P dollars at interest rate i per period may be amortized in n equal periodic
payments of R dollars made at the end of each period, where
P Pi P
R = n
= n
or R = .
1 11 + i2 1 11 + i2 a n i
c d
i
Example 3 Home Mortgage

The Perez family buys a house for $275,000, with a down payment of $55,000. They take
out a 30-year mortgage for $220,000 at an annual interest rate of 6%.
(a) Find the amount of the monthly payment needed to amortize this loan.
SolutionHere P = 220,000 and the monthly interest rate is i = 0.06 / 12 = 0.005.*
The number of monthly payments is n = 121302 = 360. Therefore,
220,000 220,000
R = = = 1319.01.
a 360 0.005 1 - 11.0052-360
c d
0.005
Monthly payments of $1319.01 are required to amortize the loan.
*Mortgage rates are quoted in terms of annual interest, but it is always understood that the monthly rate is 1 / 12 of
the annual rate and that interest is compounded monthly.

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(b) Find the total amount of interest paid when the loan is amortized over 30 years.
Solution The Perez family makes 360 payments of $1319.01 each, for a total of
$474,843.60. Since the amount of the loan was $220,000, the total interest paid is
$474,843.60 - $220,000 = $254,843.60.
This large amount of interest is typical of what happens with a long mortgage. A 15-year
mortgage would have higher payments but would involve significantly less interest.
(c) Find the part of the first payment that is interest and the part that is applied to reducing
the debt.
Solution During the first month, the entire $220,000 is owed. Interest on this amount
for 1 month is found by the formula for simple interest, with r = annual interest rate
and t = time in years.
1
I = Prt = 220,00010.062 = $1100
12
YOUR TURN 3 Find the
monthly payment and total amount At the end of the month, a payment of $1319.01 is made; since $1100 of this is interest,
of interest paid in Example 3 if the a total of
mortgage is for 15 years and the
$1319.01 - $1100 = $219.01
interest rate is 7%.
is applied to the reduction of the original debt. TRY YOUR TURN 3
It can be shown that the unpaid balance after x payments is given by the function
1 - 11 + i2-1n - x2
y = Rc d,
i
although this formula will only give an approximation if R is rounded to the nearest penny.
220,000
[
y y = 1319.01 1 (1.005)
0.005
(360 x)
] For example, the unrounded value of R in Example 3 is 1319.011155. When this value is put
into the above formula, the unpaid balance is found to be
180,000 1 - 11.0052-359
y = 1319.011155c d = 219,780.99,
140,000 0.005
100,000 while rounding R to 1319.01 in the above formula gives an approximate balance of
$219,780.80. A graph of this function is shown in Figure 15.
60,000 We can find the unpaid balance after any number of payments, x, by finding the y-value
20,000 that corresponds to x. For example, the remaining balance after 5 years or 60 payments is
0
shown at the bottom of the graphing calculator screen in Figure 16(a). You may be surprised
45 135 225 315 x
that the remaining balance on a $220,000 loan is as large as $204,719.41. This is because
Figure 15 most of the early payments on a loan go toward interest, as we saw in Example 3(c).
By adding the graph of y = 11 / 22220,000 = 110,000 to the figure, we can find when
half the loan has been repaid. From Figure 16(b) we see that 252 payments are required.
Note that only 108 payments remain at that point, which again emphasizes the fact that the
earlier payments do little to reduce the loan.
220,000 220,000
Y1=1319.01(11.0 Y2=110000
Intersection
0 X=60 Y=204719.41 360 0 X=251.82391 Y=110000 360
0 0
(a) (b)
Figure 16

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Amortization Schedules In the preceding example, 360 payments are made to

amortize a $220,000 loan. The loan balance after the first payment is reduced by only
$219.01, which is much less than 11 / 36021220,0002 $611.11. Therefore, even though
equal payments are made to amortize a loan, the loan balance does not decrease in equal
steps. This fact is very important if a loan is paid off early.
Example 4 Early Payment

Kassy Morgan borrows $1000 for 1 year at 12% annual interest compounded monthly. Verify
that her monthly loan payment is $88.8488, which is rounded to $88.85. After making three
payments, she decides to pay off the remaining balance all at once. How much must she pay?
Solution Since nine payments remain to be paid, they can be thought of as an annuity
consisting of nine payments of $88.85 at 1% interest per period. The present value of this
annuity is
1 - 11.012-9
88.8488c d 761.08.
0.01
So Kassys remaining balance, computed by this method, is $761.08.
An alternative method of figuring the balance is to consider the payments already made
as an annuity of three payments. At the beginning, the present value of this annuity was
1 - 11.012-3
88.85c d 261.31.
0.01
So she still owes the difference $1000 - $261.31 = $738.69. Furthermore, she owes the
interest on this amount for 3 months, for a total of
YOUR TURN 4 Find the 1738.69211.0123 $761.07.
remaining balance in Example 4 if
the balance was to be paid off after This balance due differs from the one obtained by the first method by 1 cent because the
four months. Use the unrounded monthly payment and the other calculations were rounded to the nearest penny. If we had
value for R of $88.8488. used the more accurate value of R = 88.8488 and not rounded any intermediate answers,
both methods would have given the same value of $761.08. TRY YOUR TURN 4
Although most people would not quibble about a difference of 1 cent in the balance due
in Example 4, the difference in other cases (larger amounts or longer terms) might be more
than that. A bank or business must keep its books accurately to the nearest penny, so it must
determine the balance due in such cases unambiguously and exactly. This is done by means
of an amortization schedule, which lists how much of each payment is interest and how
much goes to reduce the balance, as well as how much is owed after each payment.
Example 5 Amortization Schedule

In Example 4, Kassy Morgan borrowed $1000 for 1 year at 12% annual interest compounded
monthly. Her monthly payment was determined to be $88.85. Construct an amortization
schedule for the loan and then determine the exact amount Kassy owes after three monthly
payments.
Solution An amortization schedule for the loan is shown on the next page. The
annual interest rate is 12% compounded monthly, so the interest rate per month is
i = 0.12 / 12 = 0.01. Each payment, except the final payment, is the same, but the amount
of money paid toward the interest decreases each month.
The first monthly payment is $88.85. To determine how much of the payment goes
toward interest, multiply the principal balance ($1000) by the monthly interest rate:
0.01110002 = $10. The remainder of the payment, $88.85 - $10 = $78.85, is applied
to repayment of the principal. So after the first payment, the remaining balance is
$1000 - $78.85 = $921.15, as shown in the payment 1 line of the schedule.

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The second monthly payment is again $88.85. However, the monthly interest
is owed on the new, smaller principal balance of $921.15. The monthly interest is now
0.011921.152 = $9.21. The remainder of the payment, $88.85 - $9.21 = $79.64,
is applied to the principal. After the second payment, the remaining balance is
$921.15 - $79.64 = $841.51, as shown in the payment 2 line.
The remaining lines of the schedule are found in a similar fashion. We continue to
calculate the interest based on the remaining principal balance until the loan is paid off.
Each month the amount of interest declines and the amount applied to the principal balance
increases. After 12 payments, the loan is fully paid off. Notice that all the payments are the
same except the last one. It is often necessary to adjust the amount of the final payment to
account for rounding off earlier and to ensure that the final balance is exactly $0.
The schedule shows that after three payments, she still owes $761.08, an amount that
agrees with the first method in Example 4.
Amortization Table
Payment Amount of Interest Portion to Principal at
Number Payment for Period Principal End of Period
0 $1000.00
1 $88.85 $10.00 $78.85 $921.15
2 $88.85 $9.21 $79.64 $841.51
3 $88.85 $8.42 $80.43 $761.08
4 $88.85 $7.61 $81.24 $679.84
5 $88.85 $6.80 $82.05 $597.79
6 $88.85 $5.98 $82.87 $514.92
7 $88.85 $5.15 $83.70 $431.22
8 $88.85 $4.31 $84.54 $346.68
9 $88.85 $3.47 $85.38 $261.30
10 $88.85 $2.61 $86.24 $175.06
11 $88.85 $1.75 $87.10 $87.96
12 $88.84 $0.88 $87.96 $0.00
Technology Note A graphing calculator program to produce an amortization schedule is available in the Graphing
Calculator and Excel Spreadsheet Manual available with this book. The TI-84 Plus C includes
a built-in program to find the amortization payment. Spreadsheets are another useful tool for creat-
ing amortization tables. Microsoft Excel has a built-in feature for calculating monthly payments.
Figure 17 shows an Excel amortization table for Example 5. For more details, see the Graphing
Calculator and Excel Spreadsheet Manual, available with this book.
A B C D E F
1 Pmt# Payment Interest Principal End Prncpl
2 0 1000
3 1 88.85 10.00 78.85 921.15
4 2 88.85 9.21 79.64 841.51
5 3 88.85 8.42 80.43 761.08
6 4 88.85 7.61 81.24 679.84
7 5 88.85 6.80 82.05 597.79
8 6 88.85 5.98 82.87 514.92
9 7 88.85 5.15 83.70 431.22
10 8 88.85 4.31 84.54 346.68
11 9 88.85 3.47 85.38 261.30
12 10 88.85 2.61 86.24 175.06
13 11 88.85 1.75 87.10 87.96
14 12 88.85 0.88 87.97 -0.01
Figure 17

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Example 6 Paying Off a Loan Early

Suppose that in Example 2, the car owner decides that she can afford to make payments of
$700 rather than $517.17. How much earlier would she pay off the loan? How much interest
would she save?
SolutionPutting R = 700, P = 17,000, and i = 0.005 into the formula for the present
value of an annuity gives
1 - 1.005-n
17,000 = 700 c d.
0.005
Multiply both sides by 0.005 and divide by 700 to get
85
= 1 - 1.005-n,
700
or
85
1.005-n = 1 - .
700
Solve this using either logarithms or a graphing calculator, as in Example 10 in Section 5.1,
to get n = 25.956. This means that 25 payments of $700, plus a final, smaller payment,
would be sufficient to pay off the loan. Create an amortization table to verify that the final
payment would be $669.47 (the sum of the principal after the penultimate payment plus
the interest on that principal for the final month). The loan would then be paid off after
26 months, or 10 months early.
The original loan required 36 payments of $517.17, or 36(517.17) = $18,618.12,
although the amount is actually $18,618.24 because the final payment was $517.29, as an
amortization table would show. With larger payments, the car owner paid 2517002 + 669.47 =
$18,169.47. Therefore, the car owner saved $18,618.24 - $18,169.47 = $448.77 in inter-
est by making larger payments each month.

W1. Suppose $150 is deposited at the end of each month for W2. How much money must be deposited at the end of
5 years in an account paying 3% compounded monthly. each month into an account paying 4.8% compounded
Determine the future value and the amount of interest monthly so that it will accumulate to $10,000 in 5 years?
earned. (Sec. 5.2) $9697.01; $697.01 Determine the total amount of interest earned. (Sec. 5.2)
$147.80; $1132
5.3 Exercises
1. Explain the difference between the present value of an annuity 5. Payments of $10,000 semiannually for 15 years at 5% com-
and the future value of an annuity. For a given annuity, which is pounded semiannually $209,302.93
larger? Why? 6. Payments of $50,000 quarterly for 10 years at 4% compounded
2. What does it mean to amortize a loan? quarterly $1,641,734.31
7. Payments of $15,806 quarterly for 3 years at 6.8% compounded
Find the present value of each ordinary annuity. quarterly $170,275.47
3. Payments of $890 each year for 16 years at 6% compounded 8. Payments of $18,579 every 6 months for 8 years at 5.4% com-
annually $8994.25 pounded semiannually $238,816.23
4. Payments of $1400 each year for 8 years at 7% compounded
annually $8359.82

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Find the lump sum deposited today that will yield the same Suppose that in the loans described in Exercises 1316, the
total amount as payments of $10,000 at the end of each year borrower made a larger payment, as indicated below. Calculate
for 15 years at each of the given interest rates. (a) the time needed to pay off the loan, (b) the total amount of
the payments, and (c) the amount of interest saved, compared
9. 4% compounded annually $111,183.87 with part (c) of Exercises 1316.
10. 6% compounded annually $97,122.49
31. $16,000 in Exercise 13 (a) 8 years (b) $113,086.84 (c) $15,732.36
32. $18,000 in Exercise 14 (a) 9 quarters (b) $153,729.65 (c) $9703.83
Find (a) the payment necessary to amortize each loan; (b) the (a) 11 semiannual periods (b) $8760.50
total payments and the total amount of interest paid based on 33. $850 in Exercise 15 (c) $1006.38
the calculated monthly payments, and (c) the total payments 34. $400 in Exercise 16 (a) 15 months (b) $5866.13 (c) $224.99
and total amount of interest paid based upon an amortization
table.
35. $1856.44; $114,168.20. The payments are
11. $2500; 6% compounded quarterly; 6 quarterly payments
(a) $438.81 (b) $2632.86; $132.86 (c) $2632.88; $132.88 Applications $537.48 more than for the 30-yr loan, but the
total interest paid is $140,675.40 less.
12. $41,000; 8% compounded semiannually; 10 semiannual payments
(a) $5054.93 (b) $50,549.30; $9549.30 (c) $50,549.28; $9549.28 B usiness and E conomics
13. $90,000; 6% compounded annually; 12 annual payments 35. House Payments Calculate the monthly payment and total
(a) $10,734.93 (b) $128,819.16; $38,819.16 (c) $128,819.20; $38,819.20 amount of interest paid in Example 3 with a 15-year loan, and
14. $140,000; 8% compounded quarterly; 15 quarterly payments then compare with the results of Example 3.
(a) $10,895.57 (b) $163,433.55; $23,433.55 (c) $163,433.48; $23,433.48
15. $7400; 6.2% compounded semiannually; 18 semiannual payments 36. Installment Buying TV Town sells a big screen smart HDTV
(a) $542.60 (b) $9766.80; $2366.80 (c) $9766.88; $2366.88
16. $5500; 10% compounded monthly; 24 monthly payments for $600 down and monthly payments of $30 for the next
(a) $253.80 (b) $6091.20; $591.20 (c) $6091.12; $591.12 3 years. If the interest rate is 1.25% per month on the unpaid
balance, find
Suppose that in the loans described in Exercises 1316, the
(a) the cost of the TV. $1465.42
borrower paid off the loan after the time indicated below.
Calculate the amount needed to pay off the loan, using either of (b) the total amount of interest paid. $214.58
the two methods described in Example 4.
37. Car Payments David Kurzawa buys a car costing $14,000.
17. After 3 years in Exercise 13 $73,015.71 He agrees to make payments at the end of each monthly period
for 4 years. He pays 7% interest, compounded monthly.
18. After 5 quarters in Exercise 14 $97,870.35
(a) What is the amount of each payment? $335.25
19. After 3 years in Exercise 15 $5368.98
(b) Find the total amount of interest David will pay. $2092
20. After 7 months in Exercise 16 $4007.35
38. Credit Card Debt Tom Shaffer charged $8430 on his credit
card to relocate for his first job. When he realized that the
Use the amortization table in Example 5 to answer the questions interest rate for the unpaid balance was 27% compounded
in Exercises 2124.
monthly, he decided not to charge any more on that account.
21. How much of the fourth payment is interest? $7.61 He wants to have this account paid off by the end of 3 years,
so he arranges to have automatic payments sent at the end of
22. How much of the eleventh payment is used to reduce the debt?
$87.10 each month.
23. How much interest is paid in the first 4 months of the loan?
$35.24 (a) What monthly payment must he make to have the account
24. How much interest is paid in the last 4 months of the loan? paid off by the end of 3 years? $344.16
$8.71
25. What sum deposited today at 5% compounded annually for (b) How much total interest will he have paid? $3959.76
8 years will provide the same amount as $1000 deposited at the
39. New Car Financing In 2014, some dealers offered two differ-
end of each year for 8 years at 6% compounded annually?
$6699 ent incentives on the Ford Mustang. The first offer was for 0%
26. What lump sum deposited today at 8% compounded quarterly financing for 60 months plus $1500 bonus cash. The second
for 10 years will yield the same final amount as deposits of offer was for $3500 cash back. Source: Ford.
$4000 at the end of each 6-month period for 10 years at 6%
(a) If the buyer chose the first offer and, after receiving the
compounded semiannually? About $48,677.34
$1500 bonus cash, still needed to finance $20,000 for 60
months, determine the monthly payment. Find the total
Find the monthly house payments necessary to amortize each amount the buyer paid for this option.
$333.33; $20,000 (or $19,999.80 using the rounded payments)
loan. Then calculate the total payments and the total amount (b) Suppose the buyer chose the second offer and needed
of interest paid. to finance only $18,000. At the time, it was possible to
27. $199,000 at 7.01% for 25 years $1407.76; $422,328; $223,328 get a new car loan at 2.69% for 60 months, compounded
monthly, from an Internet bank. Determine the monthly
28. $175,000 at 6.24% for 30 years $1076.37; $387,493.20; $212,493.20 payment and find the total amount the buyer paid for this
29. $253,000 at 6.45% for 30 years $1590.82; $572,695.20; $319,695.20 option. $320.96; $19,257.60
30. $310,000 at 5.96% for 25 years $1989.76; $596,928; $286,928 (c) Discuss which deal was best and why.

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40. New Car Financing In 2014, some dealers offered two differ- 47. Investment In 1995, Oseola McCarty donated $150,000 to
ent financing incentives on the Honda Civic. The first option was the University of Southern Mississippi to establish a scholarship
0.9% financing for loans from 24 to 36 months, while the second fund. What is unusual about her is that the entire amount came
option was 1.9% financing for loans from 37 to 60 months. Sup- from what she was able to save each month from her work as a
pose that a buyer needed to finance $15,000. Source: Honda. washer woman, a job she began in 1916 at the age of 8, when
(a) Determine the payment if the buyer chose the 0.9% financ- she dropped out of school. Sources: The New York Times.
ing for 36 months. Find the total amount that the buyer (a) How much would Ms. McCarty have to put into her sav-
paid for this option. $422.47; $15,208.92 ings account at the end of every 3 months to accumulate
(b) Determine the payment if the buyer chose the 1.9% financ- $150,000 over 79 years? Assume she received an interest
ing for 60 months. Find the total amount that the buyer rate of 5.25% compounded quarterly. $32.49
paid for this option. $262.26; $15,735.60 (b) Answer part (a) using a 2% and a 7% interest rate.
$195.52; $10.97
(c) Some buyers look for the lowest payment, while others look
for the lowest total cost. Discuss which deal was best and why.
41. Lottery Winnings In most states, the winnings of million-
dollar lottery jackpots are divided into equal payments given
annually for 20 years. (In Colorado, the results are distributed
over 25 years.) This means that the present value of the jack-
pot is worth less than the stated prize, with the actual value
determined by the interest rate at which the money could be
invested. Source: The New York Times Magazine.
(a) Find the present value of a $1 million lottery jackpot dis-
tributed in equal annual payments over 20 years, using an
interest rate of 5%. $623,110.52
(b) Find the present value of a $1 million lottery jackpot dis-
tributed in equal annual payments over 20 years, using an
interest rate of 9%. $456,427.28
(c) Calculate the answer for part (a) using the 25-year distri-
bution time in Colorado. $563,757.78
48. Loan Payments When Heather Bruce opened her law office,
(d) Calculate the answer for part (b) using the 25-year distri-
she bought $14,000 worth of law books and $7200 worth of
bution time in Colorado. $392,903.18
office furniture. She paid $1200 down and agreed to amortize
the balance with semiannual payments for 5 years, at 8% com-
Student Loans Student borrowers now have more options to pounded semiannually.
choose from when selecting repayment plans. The standard plan
repays the loan in up to 10 years with equal monthly payments. (a) Find the amount of each payment. $2465.82
The extended plan allows up to 25 years to repay the loan. (b) Refer to the text and Figure 16. When her loan had been
Suppose that a student borrows $55,000 at 4.66% compounded reduced below $5000, Heather received a large tax refund
monthly. Source: U.S. Department of Education.
and decided to pay off the loan. How many payments were
42. Find the monthly payment and total interest paid under the left at this time? 2
standard plan over 10 years. $574.26; $13,911.20 49. House Payments Jason Hoffa buys a house for $285,000.
43. Find the monthly payment and total interest paid under the He pays $60,000 down and takes out a mortgage at 6.5% on
extended plan over 25 years. $310.72; $38,216 the balance. Find his monthly payment and the total amount of
interest he will pay if the length of the mortgage is
Installment Buying In Exercises 4446, prepare an amorti (a) 15 years; (b) 20 years;
zation schedule showing the first four payments for each loan. $1959.99; $127,798.20 $1677.54; $177,609.60
(c) 25 years. $1519.22; $230,766.00
44. An insurance firm pays $4000 for a new printer for its com- (d) Refer to the text and Figure 16. When will half the 20-year
puter. It amortizes the loan for the printer in 4 annual payments loan in part (b) be paid off? After 157 payments
at 8% compounded annually. *
50. House Payments The Chavara family buys a house for
45. Large semitrailer trucks cost $110,000 each. Ace Trucking $225,000. They pay $50,000 down and take out a 30-year mort-
buys such a truck and agrees to pay for it by a loan that will gage on the balance. Find their monthly payment and the total
be amortized with 9 semiannual payments at 8% compounded amount of interest they will pay if the interest rate is
semiannually. *
(a) 6%; $1049.21; $202,715.60 (b) 6.5%; $1106.12; $223,203.20
46. One retailer charges $1048 for a laptop computer. A firm of tax
accountants buys 8 of these laptops. They make a down pay- (c) 7%. $1164.28; $244,140.80
ment of $1200 and agree to amortize the balance with monthly (d) Refer to the text and Figure 16. When will half the 7% loan
payments at 6% compounded monthly for 4 years. * in part (c) be paid off? After 261 payments
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CHAPTER 5Review 233
51. Refinancing a Mortgage Fifteen years ago, the Budai family 53. Charitable Trust The trustees of a college have accepted a
bought a home and financed $150,000 with a 30-year mortgage gift of $150,000. The donor has directed the trustees to deposit
at 8.2%. the money in an account paying 6% per year, compounded
(a) Find their monthly payment, the total amount of their pay- semiannually. The trustees may make equal withdrawals at the
ments, and the total amount of interest they will pay over end of each 6-month period; the money must last 5 years.
the life of this loan. $1121.63; $403,786.80; $253,786.80 (a) Find the amount of each withdrawal. $17,584.58
(b) The Budais made payments for 15 years. Estimate the un- (b) Find the amount of each withdrawal if the money must last
paid balance using the formula $115,962.66; $201,893.40 6 years. $15,069.31
1 - 11 + i2-1n - x2
y = Rc d,
i Amortization Prepare an amortization schedule for each loan.
and then calculate the total of their remaining payments. 54. A loan of $37,948 with interest at 6.5% compounded annually,
(c) Suppose interest rates have dropped since the Budai family to be paid with equal annual payments over 10 years. *
took out their original loan. One local bank now offers a 55. A loan of $4836 at 7.25% interest compounded semiannually,
30-year mortgage at 6.5%. The bank fees for refinancing to be repaid in 5 years in equal semiannual payments. *
are $3400. If the Budais pay this fee up front and refinance 56. PerpetuityA perpetuity is an annuity in which the payments
the balance of their loan, find their monthly payment. go on forever. We can derive a formula for the present value of
Including the refinancing fee, what is the total amount of a perpetuity by taking the formula for the present value of an
their payments? Discuss whether or not the family should annuity and looking at what happens when n gets larger and
refinance with this option. $732.96; $267,265.60 larger. Explain why the present value of a perpetuity is given by
(d) A different bank offers the same 6.5% rate but on a 15-year
R
mortgage. Their fee for financing is $4500. If the Budais P = .
pay this fee up front and refinance the balance of their i
loan, find their monthly payment. Including the refinancing 57. Perpetuity Using the result of Exercise 56, find the present
fee, what is the total amount of their payments? Discuss value of perpetuities for each of the following.
whether or not the family should refinance with this option.
$1010.16; $186,328.80 (a) Payments of $1000 a year with 4% interest compounded
52. Inheritance Neldy Rubio has inherited $25,000 from her annually $25,000
grandfathers estate. She deposits the money in an account
(b) Payments of $600 every 3 months with 6% interest com-
offering 6% interest compounded annually. She wants to make
pounded quarterly $40,000
equal annual withdrawals from the account so that the money
(principal and interest) lasts exactly 8 years.
(a) Find the amount of each withdrawal. $4025.90 Your Turn Answers
(b) Find the amount of each withdrawal if the money must last 1. $6389.86 2. $394.59
12 years. $2981.93 3. $1977.42, $135,935.60 4. $679.84
5
Summary
Chapter Review
In this chapter we introduced the mathematics of finance. We An annuity due is slightly different, in that the payments are
first extended simple interest calculations to compound interest, made at the beginning of each time period.
which is interest earned on interest previously earned. We then A sinking fund is like an ordinary annuity; a fund is set up to
developed the mathematics associated with the following finan- receive periodic payments. The payments plus the compound
cial concepts. interest will produce a desired sum by a certain date.
In an annuity, money continues to be deposited at regular The present value of an annuity is the amount that would have
intervals, and compound interest is earned on that money as to be deposited today to produce the same amount as the annu-
well. ity at the end of a specified time.
In an ordinary annuity, payments are made at the end of each An amortization schedule shows how a loan is paid back after a
time period, and the compounding period is the same as the specified time. It shows the payments broken down into interest
time between payments, which simplifies the calculations. and principal.

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We have presented a lot of new formulas in this chapter. By answering the following questions, you
can decide which formula to use for a particular problem.
1. Is simple or compound interest involved?
Simple interest is normally used for investments or loans of a year or less; compound interest is
normally used in all other cases.
2. If simple interest is being used, what is being sought: interest amount, future value, present value,
or interest rate?
3. If compound interest is being used, does it involve a lump sum (single payment) or an annuity
(sequence of payments)?
(a)
For a lump sum, what is being sought: present value, future value, number of periods at
interest, or effective rate?
(b)
For an annuity,
i.
Is it an ordinary annuity (payment at the end of each period) or an annuity due (payment at
the beginning of each period)?
ii.
What is being sought: present value, future value, or payment amount?
Once you have answered these questions, choose the appropriate formula and work the problem. As a
final step, consider whether the answer you get makes sense. For instance, present value should always
be less than future value. The amount of interest or the payments in an annuity should be fairly small
compared to the total future value.
List of Variables r is the annual interest rate.

i is the interest rate per period.
t is the number of years.
m is the number of periods per year.
P is the principal or present value.
A is the future value of a lump sum.
S is the future value of an annuity.
R is the periodic payment in an annuity.
r
i = n = tm
m
Simple Interest Compound Interest Continuous Compounding

Interest I = Prt I = A - P I = A - P
Future Value A = P11 + rt2 A = P11 + i2n A = Pe rt
A A
Present Value P = P = = A11 + i2-n P = Ae -rt
1 + rt 11 + i2n
r m
Effective Rate rE = a1 + b - 1 rE = e r - 1
m
11 + i2n - 1
Ordinary Annuity Future Value S = Rc d = R # s ni
i
1 - 11 + i2-n
Present Value P = R c d = R # a ni
i
11 + i2n + 1 - 1
Annuity Due Future Value S = Rc d - R
i
Si S
Sinking Fund Payment R = =
11 + i2n - 1 s n i
Pi P
Amortization Payments R = =
1 - 11 + i2-n a ni

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Key Terms
5.1 nominal (stated) rate common ratio annuity due
simple interest effective rate annuity future value of an annuity due
principal present value ordinary annuity 5.3
rate rule of 70 payment period present value of an annuity
time rule of 72 future value of an annuity amortize a loan
future value continuous compounding term of an annuity amortization schedule
maturity value 5.2 future value of an ordinary
compound interest geometric sequence annuity
compound amount terms sinking fund
Review Exercises
Concept Check
Determine whether each of the following statements is true or 15. For a given amount of money at a given interest rate for a given
false, and explain why. time period, does simple interest or compound interest produce
more interest? Compound interest
1. For a particular interest rate, compound interest will accumulate
faster than simple interest. True 16. What is meant by the present value of an amount A?
2. The sequence 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, . . . is a geometric sequence. False
Find the compound amount in each loan.
3. If a geometric sequence has first term 3 and common ratio 2,
then the sum of the first 5 terms is S5 = 93. True 17. $19,456.11 at 8% compounded semiannually for 7 years
$33,691.69
4. The value of a sinking fund should decrease over time. False 18. $2800 at 7% compounded annually for 10 years $5508.02
5. For payments made on a mortgage, the (noninterest) portion of 19. $57,809.34 at 6% compounded quarterly for 5 years $77,860.80
the payment applied on the principal increases over time. True 20. $312.45 at 5.6% compounded semiannually for 16 years
$756.07
6. On a 30-year conventional home mortgage, at recent interest
rates, it is common to pay more money on the interest on the Find the amount of interest earned by each deposit.
loan than the actual loan itself. True
21. $12,699.36 at 5% compounded semiannually for 7 years
7. One can use the amortization payments formula to calculate the $5244.50
monthly payment of a car loan. True 22. $3954 at 8% compounded annually for 10 years $4582.39
8. The effective rate formula can be used to calculate the present 23. $34,677.23 at 4.8% compounded monthly for 32 months
$4725.22
value of a loan. False 24. $12,903.45 at 6.4% compounded quarterly for 29 quarters
$7543.26
9. The following calculation gives the monthly payment on a
$25,000 loan, compounded monthly at a rate of 5% for a period Find the present value of each amount.
of six years:
25. $42,000 in 7 years, 6% compounded monthly $27,624.86
11 + 0.05 / 12272 - 1
25,000c d . False 26. $17,650 in 4 years, 4% compounded quarterly $15,052.30
0.05 / 12
27. $1347.89 in 3.5 years, 6.77% compounded semiannually
10. The following calculation gives the present value of an annuity $1067.71
of $5,000 payments at the end of each year for 10 years. The 28. $2388.90 in 44 months, 5.93% compounded monthly
$1923.09
fund earns 4.5% compounded annually. 29. Write the first five terms of the geometric sequence with a = 2
1 - 11.0452 -10 and r = 3. 2, 6, 18, 54, 162
5000c d True
0.045 30. Write the first four terms of the geometric sequence with a = 4
and r = 1/2. 4, 2, 1, 1/2
31. Find the sixth term of the geometric sequence with a = -3 and
Practice and Exploration r = 2. -96
Find the simple interest for each loan. 32. Find the fifth term of the geometric sequence with a = -2 and
r = -2. -32
11. $15,903 at 6% for 8 months $636.12
33. Find the sum of the first four terms of the geometric sequence
12. $4902 at 5.4% for 11 months $242.65 with a = -3 and r = 3. -120
13. $42,368 at 5.22% for 7 months $1290.11 34. Find the sum of the first five terms of the geometric sequence
14. $3478 at 6.8% for 88 days (assume a 360-day year) $57.81 with a = 8000 and r = -1 / 2. 5500

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35. Find s 30 0.02 . 40.56808 A portion of an amortization table is given below for a $127,000
36. Find s 20 0.06 . 36.78559 loan at 8.5% interest compounded monthly for 25 years.
37. What is meant by the future value of an annuity?

Payment Amount of Interest Portion to Principal at
Number Payment for Period Principal End of Period
Find the future value of each annuity and the amount of inter-
est earned. 1 $1022.64 $899.58 $123.06 $126,876.94
2 $1022.64 $898.71 $123.93 $126,753.01
38. $500 deposited at the end of each 6-month period for 10 years;
money earns 6% compounded semiannually. 3 $1022.64 $897.83 $124.81 $126,628.20
$13,435.19; $3435.19 4 $1022.64 $896.95 $125.69 $126,502.51
39. $1288 deposited at the end of each year for 14 years; money
earns 4% compounded annually. $23,559.98; $5527.98 5 $1022.64 $896.06 $126.58 $126,375.93
40. $4000 deposited at the end of each quarter for 7 years; money 6 $1022.64 $895.16 $127.48 $126,248.45
earns 5% compounded quarterly. $133,117.54; $21,117.54 7 $1022.64 $894.26 $128.38 $126,120.07
41. $233 deposited at the end of each month for 4 years; money 8 $1022.64 $893.35 $129.29 $125,990.78
earns 4.8% compounded monthly. $12,302.78; $1118.78
9 $1022.64 $892.43 $130.21 $125,860.57
42. $672 deposited at the beginning of each quarter for 7 years; 10 $1022.64 $891.51 $131.13 $125,729.44
money earns 4.4% compounded quarterly. $22,136.73; $3320.73
11 $1022.64 $890.58 $132.06 $125,597.38
43. $11,900 deposited at the beginning of each month for 13 months;
12 $1022.64 $889.65 $132.99 $125,464.39
money earns 6% compounded monthly. $160,224.29; $5524.29
44. What is the purpose of a sinking fund?
Use the table to answer the following questions.
Find the amount of each payment that must be made into a 60. How much of the fifth payment is interest? $896.06
sinking fund to accumulate each amount.
61. How much of the twelfth payment is used to reduce the debt?
$132.99
45. $6500; money earns 5% compounded annually for 6 years. 62. How much interest is paid in the first 3 months of the loan?
$955.62 $2696.12
46. $57,000; money earns 4% compounded semiannually for 8 12 years. 63. How much has the debt been reduced at the end of the first
$2848.29
47. $233,188; money earns 5.2% compounded quarterly for 7 34 years. year? $1535.61
$6156.15
48. $1,056,788; money earns 7.2% compounded monthly for 4 12 years.
$16,628.83
Find the present value of each ordinary annuity.
Applications
B usiness and E conomics
49. Deposits of $850 annually for 4 years at 6% compounded 64. Personal Finance Carla Truss owes $5800 to her mother. She
annually $2945.34 has agreed to repay the money in 10 months at an interest rate
50. Deposits of $1500 quarterly for 7 years at 5% compounded of 5.3%. How much will she owe in 10 months? How much
quarterly $35,235.78 interest will she pay? $6056.17; $256.17
51. Payments of $4210 semiannually for 8 years at 4.2% com- 65. Business Financing Candice Cotton needs to borrow $9820
pounded semiannually $56,711.93 to buy new equipment for her business. The bank charges
her 6.7% simple interest for a 7-month loan. How much
52. Payments of $877.34 monthly for 17 months at 6.4% com-
interest will she be charged? What amount must she pay in
pounded monthly $14,222.42
7 months? $10,203.80; $383.80
53. Give two examples of the types of loans that are commonly
66. Business Financing An accountant loans $28,000 at simple
amortized. A home loan and an auto loan
interest to her business. The loan is at 6.5% and earns $1365
Find the amount of the payment necessary to amortize each interest. Find the time of the loan in months. 9 mo
loan. Calculate the total interest paid. 67. Business Investment A developer deposits $84,720 for
7 months and earns $4055.46 in simple interest. Find the
54. $80,000; 5% compounded annually; 9 annual payments interest rate. 8.21%
$11,255.21; $21,296.89
55. $3200; 8% compounded quarterly; 12 quarterly payments 68. Personal Finance In 3 years Christine Ellington must pay a
$302.59; $431.08
56. $32,000; 6.4% compounded quarterly; 17 quarterly payments pledge of $7500 to her colleges building fund. What lump sum
$2164.87; $4802.79 can she deposit today, at 5% compounded semiannually, so that
57. $51,607; 8% compounded monthly; 32 monthly payments
$1796.20; $5871.40 she will have enough to pay the pledge? $6467.23
Find the monthly house payments for each mortgage. Calcu- 69. Personal Finance Ali Williams, a graduate student, is consid-
late the total payments and interest. ering investing $500 now, when he is 23, or waiting until he is
40 to invest $500. How much more money will he have at the
58. $256,890 at 5.96% for 25 years $1648.87; $494,661; $237,771 age of 65 if he invests now, given that he can earn 5% interest
59. $177,110 at 6.68% for 30 years $1140.50; $410,580; $233,470 compounded quarterly? $2298.58

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70. Pensions Pension experts recommend that you start drawing (a) Determine the payments on a Chevrolet Silverado if a buyer
at least 40% of your full pension as early as possible. Suppose chooses the 0% financing option and needs to finance $30,000
you have built up a pension of $12,000-annual payments by for 72 months. Find the total amount of the payments.
working 10 years for a company. When you leave to accept a $416.67, $30,000 (or $30,000.24 using the rounded payments)
(b) Determine the payments on a Chevrolet Silverado if a buy-
better job, the company gives you the option of collecting half er chooses the cash-back option and now needs to finance
of the full pension when you reach age 55 or the full pension only $26,000. At the time, it was possible to get a new car
at age 65. Assume an interest rate of 8% compounded annu- loan at 3.18% for 48 months, compounded monthly. Find
ally. By age 75, how much will each plan produce? Which plan the total amount of the payments. $577.56; $27,722.88
would produce the larger amount? Source: Smart Money. *
(c) Discuss which deal is best and why.
71. Business Investment A firm of attorneys deposits $5000 of
profit-sharing money at the end of each semiannual period for (d) Find the interest rate at the bank that would make the total
7 12 years. Find the final amount in the account if the deposits amount of payments for the two options equal. 7.20%
earn 10% compounded semiannually. Find the amount of inter- 79. Buying and Selling a House The Bahary family bought a
est earned. $107,892.82; $32,892.82 house for $191,000. They paid $40,000 down and took out a
72. Business Financing A small resort must add a swimming pool 30-year mortgage for the balance at 6.5%.
to compete with a new resort built nearby. The pool will cost (a) Find their monthly payment. $954.42
$28,000. The resort borrows the money and agrees to repay it
(b) How much of the first payment is interest? $817.92
with equal payments at the end of each quarter for 6 12 years at
an interest rate of 8% compounded quarterly. Find the amount After 180 payments, the family sells its house for $238,000.
of each payment. $1391.58 They must pay closing costs of $3700 plus 2.5% of the sale
price.
73. Business Financing The owner of Eastside Hallmark borrows
$48,000 to expand the business. The money will be repaid in (c) Estimate the current mortgage balance at the time of the
equal payments at the end of each year for 7 years. Interest is sale using one of the methods from Example 4 in Section 3.
Method 1: $109,563.99; Method 2: $109,565.13
6.5%. Find the amount of each payment and the total amount of (d) Find the total closing costs. $9650
interest paid. $8751.91; $13,263.37
(e) Find the amount of money they receive from the sale after
74. Personal Finance To buy a new computer, David Berg bor- paying off the mortgage.
rows $3250 from a friend at 4.2% interest compounded annu- Method 1: $118,786.01; Method 2: $118,784.87
ally for 4 years. Find the compound amount he must pay back The following exercise is from an actuarial examination.
at the end of the 4 years. $3831.37 Source: The Society of Actuaries.
75. Effective Rate On April 2, 2015, First Internet Bank of Indi-
ana paid 2.10% interest, compounded monthly, on a 5-year 80. Death Benefit The proceeds of a $10,000 death benefit are
+ left on deposit with an insurance company for 7 years at an
CD, while Discover Bank paid 2.08% compounded daily. What
are the effective rates for the two CDs, and which bank paid a annual effective interest rate of 5%. The balance at the end of
higher effective rate? Source: Bankrate.com. 7 years is paid to the beneficiary in 120 equal monthly payments
2.12% and 2.10%; First Internet Bank of Indiana of X, with the first payment made immediately. During the pay-
76. Home Financing When the Lee family bought their home, out period, interest is credited at an annual effective interest
they borrowed $315,700 at 7.5% compounded monthly for rate of 3%. Calculate X. Choose one of the following. (d)
25 years. If they make all 300 payments, repaying the loan on
schedule, how much interest will they pay? (Assume the last (a) 117 (b) 118 (c) 129
payment is the same as the previous ones.) $384,200 (d) 135 (e) 158
77. Financing In 2014, an advertisement for the Erie Federal 81. Investment The New York Times posed a scenario with two
Credit Union offered two home equity loans. The first offer was individuals, Sue and Joe, who each have $1200 a month to
a 2.99% annual interest rate for loans from 0 to 60 months. The spend on housing and investing. Each takes out a mortgage for
second offer was a 3.49% annual interest rate for loans from $140,000. Sue gets a 30-year mortgage at a rate of 6.625%. Joe
61 to 84 months. Source: Erie Federal Credit Union. gets a 15-year mortgage at a rate of 6.25%. Whatever money
(a) Determine the monthly payment if a customer borrowed is left after the mortgage payment is invested in a mutual fund
$15,000 for 60 months. Find the total amount that the cus- with a return of 10% annually. Source: The New York Times.
tomer paid for this option. $269.46; $16,167.60 (a) What annual interest rate, when compounded monthly,
(b) Determine the monthly payment if a customer borrowed gives an effective annual rate of 10%? 9.569%
$15,000 for 84 months. Find the total amount that the cus- (b) What is Sues monthly payment? $896.44
tomer paid for this option. $201.53; $16,928.52 (c) If Sue invests the remainder of her $1200 each month, after
(c) Discuss which deal was best and why. the payment in part (b), in a mutual fund with the interest
78. New Car In Spring 2014, some dealers offered a cash-back rate in part (a), how much money will she have in the fund
allowance of $4000 or 0% financing for 72 months on a at the end of 30 years? $626,200.88
Chevrolet Silverado. Source: cars.com. (d) What is Joes monthly payment? $1200.39
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(e) You found in part (d) that Joe has nothing left to invest (f) Who is ahead at the end of the 30 years and by how much?
until his mortgage is paid off. If he then invests the entire Sue is ahead by $148,066.74
(g) Discuss to what extent the difference found in part (f) is
$1200 monthly in a mutual fund with the interest rate in due to the different interest rates or to the different amounts
part (a), how much money will he have at the end of 30 of time.
years (that is, after 15 years of paying the mortgage and
15 years of investing)? $478,134.14
E x t e n d e d Application
Time, Money, and Polynomials
A
time line is often than the sum of the deposits. In some applications, however, nega-
helpful for evaluating tive rates may be meaningful. By checking in the first equation, we
complex investments. see that the yield to maturity for the CD is 7.67%.
For example, suppose you Now let us consider a more complex but realistic problem.
buy a $1000 CD at time t0. Suppose David Lopez has contributed for 4 years to a retirement
After one year $2500 is added fund. He contributed $6000 at the beginning of the first year. At the
to the CD at t1. By time t2, beginning of the next 3 years, he contributed $5840, $4000, and
after another year, your money $5200, respectively. At the end of the fourth year, he had $29,912.38
has grown to $3851 with in his fund. The interest rate earned by the fund varied between
interest. What rate of inter- 21% and -3%, so Lopez would like to know the YTM = i for his
est, called yield to maturity hard-earned retirement dollars. From a time line (see Figure 19),
(YTM), did your money earn? we set up the following equation in 1 + i for Lopezs savings
A time line for this situation is program.
shown in Figure 18.
600011 + i24 + 584011 + i23 + 400011 + i22
+ 520011 + i2 = 29,912.38
$3851
t0 t1 $29,912.38
time
t2
t0 t1 t2 t3
time
$1000 $2500 t4
Figure 18
$6000 $5840 $4000 $5200
Assuming interest is compounded annually at a rate i, and using Figure 19
the compound interest formula, gives the following description of
the YTM.
Let x = 1 + i. We need to solve the fourth-degree polynomial
100011 + i22 + 250011 + i2 = 3851
equation
To determine the yield to maturity, we must solve this equation
1x2 = 6000x 4 + 5840x 3 + 4000x 2 + 5200x
for i. Since the quantity 1 + i is repeated, let x = 1 + i and first
solve the second-degree (quadratic) polynomial equation for x. -29,912.38 = 0.
1000x 2 + 2500x - 3851 = 0 There is no simple way to solve a fourth-degree polynomial equa-
tion, so we will use a graphing calculator.
We can use the quadratic formula with a = 1000, b = 2500, and We expect that 0 6 i 6 1, so that 1 6 x 6 2. Let us calculate
c = -3851. 112 and 122. If there is a change of sign, we will know that there
-2500 22500 2 - 41100021-38512 is a solution to 1x2 = 0 between 1 and 2. We find that
x =
2110002 112 = -8872.38 and 122 = 139,207.62.
We get x = 1.0767 and x = -3.5767. Since x = 1 + i, the two Using a graphing calculator, we find that there is one positive so-
values for i are 0.0767 = 7.67% and -4.5767 = -457.67%. We lution to this equation, x = 1.14, so i = YTM = 0.14 = 14%.
reject the negative value because the final accumulation is greater Source: COMAP.

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Exercises the seventh, he invested $5000. At the beginning of the eighth

year, there was $21,259 in the fund.
1. Lorri Morgan received $50 on her 16th birthday, and $70 on
her 17th birthday, both of which she immediately invested in (a) Draw a time line for this investment program.
the bank, with interest compounded annually. On her 18th (b) Write a seventh-degree polynomial equation in 1 + i that
birthday, she had $127.40 in her account. Draw a time line, set gives the YTM for this investment program.
up a polynomial equation, and calculate the YTM. (c) Use a graphing calculator to show that the YTM is less
2. At the beginning of the year, Yvette Virgil invested $10,000 at than 5.07% and greater than 5.05%.
5% for the first year. At the beginning of the second year, she (d) Use a graphing calculator to calculate the solution for
added $12,000 to the account. The total account earned 4.5% 1 + i and find the YTM.
for the second year.
(e) Go to the website WolframAlpha.com, and ask it to solve
(a) Draw a time line for this investment. the polynomial from part (b). Compare this method of
(b) How much was in the fund at the end of the second solving the equation with using a graphing calculator.
year? 5. People often lose money on investments. Karen McFadyen
(c) Set up and solve a polynomial equation and determine the invested $50 at the beginning of each of 2 years in a mutual
YTM. What do you notice about the YTM? fund, and at the end of 2 years her investment was worth $90.
3. On January 2 each year for 3 years, Lauren OBrien depos- (a) Draw a time line and set up a polynomial equation in
ited bonuses of $1025, $2200, and $1850, respectively, in an 1 + i. Solve for i.
account. She received no bonus the following year, so she made (b) Examine each negative solution (rate of return on the
no deposit. At the end of the fourth year, there was $5864.17 in investment) to see if it has a reasonable interpretation in
the account. the context of the problem. To do this, use the compound
(a) Draw a time line for these investments. interest formula on each value of i to trace each $50 pay-
ment to maturity.
(b) Write a polynomial equation in x 1x = 1 + i2 and use
a graphing calculator to find the YTM for these invest-
ments. Directions for Group Project
(c) Go to the website WolframAlpha.com, and ask it to solve Assume that you are in charge of a group of financial analysts and
the polynomial from part (b). Compare this method of that you have been asked by the broker at your firm to develop a
solving the equation with using a graphing calculator. time line for each of the people listed in the exercises above. Pre-
4. Don Beville invested yearly in a fund for his childrens col- pare a report for each client that presents the YTM for each invest-
lege education. At the beginning of the first year, he invested ment strategy. Make sure that you describe the methods used to
$1000; at the beginning of the second year, $2000; at the third determine the YTM in a manner that the average client should
through the sixth, $2500 each year; and at the beginning of understand.
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5.1 Simple and Compound Interest

Simple Interest Interest on loans of a year or less is frequently calculated as simple

Example 1 Simple Interest

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Example 2 Maturity Values

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Example 3 Simple Interest Rate

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Example 4 Compound Interest

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Example 5 Compound Interest

N = Total number of compounding periods.

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Example 6 Compound Interest Rate

Effective Rate Suppose $1 is deposited at 6% compounded semiannually. Here,

Example 7 Effective Rate

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APPLY IT Solution Compare the effective rates.

Example 8 Present Value

Example 9 Present Value

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Teaching Tip: The material on logarithms

Method 2 The goal is to find n by solving the equation

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Example 11 Price Doubling

Continuous Compounding Suppose that a bank, in order to attract more business,

Compounding n Times Annually

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Example 12 Continuous Compounding

A = 2450e 0.052516.52 3446.43.

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Simple Interest Compound Interest Continuous Compounding

5.1 Warm-up Exercises

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25. $8000 accumulating to $11,672.12, compounded quarterly for 47. $5500

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5.2 Future Value of an Annuity