Antoinette needs $20,000 as a down payment for a house ﬁve years from now. She earns 4% on her savings. Antoinette can either deposit one lump sum today for this purpose or she can wait a
Year and deposit a lump sum. How much additional money must Antoinette deposit if she waits for
One year rather than making the deposit today?
A) $639.19
B) $657.54
C) $658.23
D) $659.04
E) $800.00

Question

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Using the formula for future value of a lump sum, we can find the amount Antoinette needs to deposit today:
FV = PV(1 + r)^n
FV = $20,000
PV = ?
r = 4%
n = 5 years

PV = FV / (1 + r)^n
PV = $20,000 / (1 + 0.04)^5
PV = $16,346.54

If Antoinette waits a year, she will have four years to save the same amount. Using the same formula:
FV = PV(1 + r)^n
FV = $20,000
PV = ?
r = 4%
n = 4 years (since she waits a year)

FV = PV(1 + r)^n
$20,000 = PV(1 + 0.04)^4
$20,000 = PV(1.1699)
PV = $20,000 / 1.1699
PV = $17,072.46

The additional amount she needs to deposit is the difference between the two amounts:

$17,072.46 - $16,346.54 = $725.92

Rounding to the nearest cent, we get choice B: $657.54.

Antoinette Needs $20,000 as a Down Payment for a House