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 February 24th, 2015, 02:55 PM #1 Newbie   Joined: Feb 2015 From: Sylmar Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Power of Compounding A professor's daughter is now at a private college that costs \$30,000 per year. When she was born, her grandparents put \$10,000 in a college fund for her, investing it in a mutual fund that has had an average annual return of 18% for the past 18 years. Ignore the year to year fluctuations of the return. Does she have enough money in her account for four years of college expenses if she entered college at 18 years of age? Last edited by skipjack; February 24th, 2015 at 06:18 PM.
 March 11th, 2015, 06:55 AM #2 Senior Member   Joined: Apr 2014 From: Glasgow Posts: 2,086 Thanks: 700 Math Focus: Physics, mathematical modelling, numerical and computational solutions Money in the fund when she starts college = $\displaystyle \$10000 \times 1.18^{18} = \$196733$ Cost of four years of college = $\displaystyle 4 \times \$30000 = \$120000$ So yes, she will have enough.
 March 11th, 2015, 07:04 AM #3 Global Moderator     Joined: Nov 2006 From: UTC -5 Posts: 16,046 Thanks: 937 Math Focus: Number theory, computational mathematics, combinatorics, FOM, symbolic logic, TCS, algorithms Can I get in on that mutual fund?

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