A Couple Is Planning to Finance Their 5-Year-Old Daughter's College

question 6

Essay

A couple is planning to finance their 5-year-old daughter's college education. They established a college fund
that earns 10%, compounded annually. What annual deposit must be made from the daughter's 5th birthday
(now) to her 16th birthday to meet the future college expenses shown in the following table? Assume that today
is her 5th birthday.

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