I have two children, ages 5 and 7. If I wish to put money away beginning...

 

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I have two children, ages 5 and 7. If I wish to put money away beginning this year to pay for their college education, I need to identify the amount that I must save each year. Child I will go to college in 11 years. Child 2 will go to college in 13 years. The annual interest rate will be 10 per cent and will be compounded annually. I will need $25,000 per child per year of college for four years of college for each child. How much must I put away each year beginning at the end of this year? Part 1. Compute the annual payment to be made each year so that I will have exactly covered the required amounts when the second child completes the fourth year of college. As a simplifying assumption, we will assume that the college will allow a single tuition payment to be made at the end of each year. I want to put away the same amount every year until the obligation is completed. Show the steps taken to solve the problem and explain why these steps are taken. Part 2. Assume I was smarter and began the savings process when my second son was born. That is, five years earlier than the first part of this problem. What would the payments have been if I began five years earlier? I have two children, ages 5 and 7. If I wish to put money away beginning this year to pay for their college education, I need to identify the amount that I must save each year. Child I will go to college in 11 years. Child 2 will go to college in 13 years. The annual interest rate will be 10 per cent and will be compounded annually. I will need $25,000 per child per year of college for four years of college for each child. How much must I put away each year beginning at the end of this year? Part 1. Compute the annual payment to be made each year so that I will have exactly covered the required amounts when the second child completes the fourth year of college. As a simplifying assumption, we will assume that the college will allow a single tuition payment to be made at the end of each year. I want to put away the same amount every year until the obligation is completed. Show the steps taken to solve the problem and explain why these steps are taken. Part 2. Assume I was smarter and began the savings process when my second son was born. That is, five years earlier than the first part of this problem. What would the payments have been if I began five years earlier?

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