You and your classmate—who have the exact same age—both save $2000 at 12% APR compounded annually. Your classmate begins saving at age 20 and deposits $2000 a year until she reaches the age of 29, for a total of 10 deposits. She deposits nothing else until she retires aged 65 (that is, 36 years later). How much will your classmate have accumulated by the age of 65? You begin to deposit at an age of 29, saving $2000 a year until retirement at age 65 (that is, 37 deposit-dates). How much will you have at retirement?

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

We can use the formula for the future value of an annuity to calculate the accumulated savings for b... View the full answer