Burton Bush wants to retire in Arizona when he is 80 years of age. Burton, who is now 55, believes he will need $400,000 to retire comfortably. To date, he has set aside no retirement money. If he gets an interest of 6 percent compounded annually, he will have to invest today
Answer:
The initial invest must be 93.199,45
Step-by-step explanation:
Topic: Compound Interest
Remember the present value and future value formulas. the one needed for this excersice is present value formula, as it follows
\(P_{v} = F_{v}/(1+i)^{n}\)
to calculate the n value you have to sustract the age of retirement and the actual age being
\(n= 80 - 55 = 25\)
and the compound interest being 6% annually
so the calculation would be
\(P_{v} = \frac{F_{v}}{(1+6\%)^{n} }\)
replacing the values would make
\(P_{v} = \frac{400.000}{((1+0.06)^{25} } = 93.199,45\)