Answer:
It will take 25.12 or 25 years to reach the desired goal.
Explanation:
Given:
Amount in brokerage account which is the present value = $40,549.5
Additional annual deposits which is PMT or payment = $3,000
Rate of interest = 11% or 0.11
Desired goal or future value = $210,000
Use excel function (nper) to calculate number of years required to achieve desired goal.
Formula is =NPER(rate,pmt,PV,FV)
The same is calculated in the following excel.
Therefore, it will take 25 years to achieve desired goal.