1. You are scheduled to receive $7,500 in two years. When you receive it, you will invest it at...

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1. You are scheduled to receive $7,500 in two years. When you receive it, you will invest it at 4.5 percent per year. How much will your investment be worth ten years from now?

$10,665.75
$11,428.09
$9,110.24
$10,113.33
$11,617.07

2. Western Bank pays 5 percent simple interest on its savings account balances, whereas Eastern Bank pays 5 percent compounded annually. If you deposited $6,000in each bank, how much more money would you earn from the Eastern Bank account at the end of 3 years?

$55.84
$45.75
$60.47
$40.09
$50.14

3. At 10 percent interest, how long does it take to triple your money? 14.33 years 11.53 years 9.67 years 10.36 years 10.56 years 4. You have $500 today and want to triple your money in 6 years. What interest rate must you earn if the interest is compounded annually?

18.08 percent
19.90 percent
22.15 percent
20.09 percent
21.21 percent

Future Value


The future value of an asset is the value of the asset at a specified point in the future. The present value of the asset is compounded using the interest rate (growth rate) that is provided. In a positive interest rate environment, the future value of an asset will be greater than the present value of the same asset.

The formula to calculate the future value is:

{eq}Future\ Value = Present\ Value \times (1 + i)^{t} {/eq}

where i is the the interest rate and t is the number of periods into the future being calculated.

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Understand the definition of future value and the future value formula. Explore some examples that show how to calculate the future value of an investment.


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