Present and future value tables of $1 at 3% are presented below:

N FV $1 PV $1 FVA $1 PVA $1 FVAD $1 PVAD $1
1 1.03000 0.97087 1.0000 0.97087 1.0300 1.00000
2 1.06090 0.94260 2.0300 1.91347 2.0909 1.97087
3 1.09273 0.91514 3.0909 2.82861 3.1836 2.91347
4 1.12551 0.88849 4.1836 3.71710 4.3091 3.82861
5 1.15927 0.86261 5.3091 4.57971 5.4684 4.71710
6 1.19405 0.83748 6.4684 5.41719 6.6625 5.57971
7 1.22987 0.81309 7.6625 6.23028 7.8923 6.41719
8 1.26677 0.78941 8.8923 7.01969 9.1591 7.23028
9 1.30477 0.76642 10.1591 7.78611 10.4639 8.01969
10 1.34392 0.74409 11.4639 8.53020 11.8078 8.78611
11 1.38423 0.72242 12.8078 9.25262 13.1920 9.53020
12 1.42576 0.70138 14.1920 9.95400 14.6178 10.25262
13 1.46853 0.68095 15.6178 10.63496 16.0863 10.95400
14 1.51259 0.66112 17.0863 11.29607 17.5989 11.63496
15 1.55797 0.64186 18.5989 11.93794 19.1569 12.29607
16 1.60471 0.62317 20.1569 12.56110 20.7616 12.93794

Carol wants to invest money in a 6% CD account that compounds semiannually. Carol would like the account to have a balance of $70,000 7-years from now. How much must Carol deposit to accomplish her goal?

The PV formula given below would be very helpful in determining how much Carol should invest in CD account to reach $70,000 target value in 7 years with an interest rate of 6% compounded semiannually.

PV=FV*(1+r/2)^-n*2

FV is the target value of $70,000

r is the rate of interest which is 6%

n is the duration of investment in CD, which is 7 years

PV=$70,000*(1+6%/2)^-14=$ 46,278.25

the 14 is 7 years multiplied by 2 ,since interest is compounded twice a year