4&5-4 Future Value and Number of Annuity Payments Your client has been given a trust fund
valued at $1.5 million. She cannot access the money until she turns 65 years old, which is in 15
years. At that time, she can withdraw $20,000 per month. If the trust fund is invested at a 5
percent rate, how many months will it last your client once she starts to withdraw the money?
Using equation 5-1, $1.5 million will accumulate for 15 more years at 5 percent interest for a
future value:
( )
15
Age 65
$1,500, 000 1 0.05 $3,118,392.27FVA = ´ + =
or N=15, I=5, PV=−1500000, PMT=0, CPT FV == 3,118,392.27
Now, rewrite equation 5-9 in terms of N:
N=
ln
(
$20 ,000
(
$20 ,000−$3,118 ,392 .27×0 . 05/12
)
)
ln
(
1+0 . 05/12
)
=252 .25 months
Or: PV=3118392.27, PMT = −20000, FV = 0, I = 0.416667; CPT N = 252.25 months
4&5-5 Present Value and Annuity Payments A local furniture store is advertising a deal in
which you buy a $3,000 dining room set and do not need to pay for two years (no interest cost is
incurred). How much money would you have to deposit now in a savings account earning 5
percent APR, compounded monthly, to pay the $3,000 bill in two years? Alternatively, how much
would you have to deposit in the savings account each month to be able to pay the bill?
4&5-6 Present Value and Annuity Payments A local furniture store is advertising a deal in
which you buy a $5,000 living room set with three years before you need to make any payments
(no interest cost is incurred). How much money would you have to deposit now in a savings
account earning 4 percent APR, compounded monthly, to pay the $5,000 bill in three years?
Alternatively, how much would you have to deposit in the savings account each month to be able
to pay the bill?
Use equation 5-3 and solve for the lump sum payment: