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Introductory Financial Mathematics
Department of Decision Sciences
Assignment 03 for 2021 AS PER UPDATED TUTORIAL
LETTER
Unique assignment number: 285271
Due Date: 05 July 2021
Question 1
An amount of R600 is invested every month for eight years. The applicable interest rate is
14,65% per year, compounded quarterly. The accumulated amount of these monthly
payments is approximately
[1] R321 200.
[2] R57 600.
[3] R109 300.
[4] R107 500.
[5] R108 400.
Answer:
Convert the quarterly interest to a monthly interest then work out the FV of the monthly
payments.
The time line is:
Introductory Financial Mathematics
Department of Decision Sciences
Assignment 03 for 2021 AS PER UPDATED TUTORIAL
LETTER
Unique assignment number: 285271
Due Date: 05 July 2021
Question 1
An amount of R600 is invested every month for eight years. The applicable interest rate is
14,65% per year, compounded quarterly. The accumulated amount of these monthly
payments is approximately
[1] R321 200.
[2] R57 600.
[3] R109 300.
[4] R107 500.
[5] R108 400.
Answer:
Convert the quarterly interest to a monthly interest then work out the FV of the monthly
payments.
The time line is: