At the end of every year an investor pays £2,000 towards additional voluntary contributions to build up a private pension fund. The investor intends to retire in 30 years and wants the pension fund to contain at least £100,000 at the date of retirement. What is the annual effective rate at which the contributions should accumulate? (Perform a few steps of both the bisection method and the interpolation method with suitable starting values)

At the end of every year an investor pays £2,000 towards additional voluntary contributions to build up a private pension fund. The investor intends to retire in 30 years and wants the pension fund to contain at least £100,000 at the date of retirement. What is the annual effective rate at which the contributions should accumulate? (Perform a few steps of both the bisection method and the interpolation method with suitable starting values)

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Author:MOYER

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Chapter5: The Time Value Of Money

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 19P

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