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Question 11 Patricia Johnson is saving to buy a house in five years. She plans to put 20 percent down at that time, and she believes that she will need $40,000 for the down payment. If Patricia can invest in a fund that pays 6.00 percent annual interest, compounded quarterly, how much will she have to invest today to have enough money for the down payment? (If you solve this problem with algebra round intermediate calculations to 6 decimal places, in all cases round your final answer to the nearest penny.) Excel Template (Note: This template includes the problem statement as it appears in your textbook. The problem assigned to you here may have different values. When using this template, copy the problem statement from this screen for easy reference to the values you've been given here, and be sure to update any values that may have been pre-entered in the template based on the textbook version of the problem.) Amount to be invested today $

Answer 1

rate positively ..

We have to use financial calculator to solve this
put in calculator -
FV		40000
PMT		0
I	6%/4	1.50%
N	5*4	20
PV		($29,698.82)
Therefore answer =			$29,698.82