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11 June, 09:28

You have decided that you want to be a millionaire when you retire in 45 years. If you can earn an annual return of 11%, how much do you have to invest today? What if you can earn 5.5%? Submit your answers to this assignment.

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  1. 11 June, 12:47
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    If you earn an annual return of 11%, then you need to invest 9,129.89

    If you earn an annual return of 5.5%, then you need to invest 89,875.08

    Explanation:

    We will calculate the first years in order to try to find a pattern. Let x be the initial investment.

    1st year. We have our original amount of money plus the 11% of the original amount.

    x + 0.11x = 1.11x

    2nd year. We have the amount of money we had the 1st year plus the 11% of that amount.

    1.11*x + 1.11*x * (0.11) = 1.11x * (1+0.11) = 1.11*x * (1.11) = (1.11^2) * x

    3d year.

    (1.11^2) * x + ((1.11^2) * x) *.11 = (1.11^2) * x * (1+0.11) = (1.11^2) * x * (1.11) = (1.11^3) * x

    We can already see a pattern and say that, at year n, we will have:

    (1.11^n) x

    If we want to have 1,000,000 at age 45, then we just have to write the equation:

    (1.11^45) = 1 000 000

    Solving for x we get that: x = 9,129.89

    In an analogous way, we can write an equation for the case when the annual return is 5.5, in the following way:

    (1.055^45) = 1 000 000

    Solving for x we get that: x = 89,875.08
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