If you wish to accumulate $200,000 in the child's college fund after 18 years, and can invest at a 7.5% annual rate, how much must you invest at the end of each year if the first deposit is made at the end of the first year (round to nearest $1)?

8. Your company has received a $50,000 loan from an industrial finance company. The annual payments are $6,202.70. If the company is paying 9 percent interest per year, how many loan payments must the company make (round to nearest $1)?

(i) Develop the timeline (linear representation of the timing of cash flows) (ii) Identify the time value of money variable (PV, FV, PMT, N or Rate) which needs to be calculated in the question. (iii) Identify the values of the remaining four variables (PV, FV, PMT, N or Rate) from the question. Be sure to input positive or negative signs. (iv) Calculate the correct value of the variable identified in step (ii).