At the start of what year will you have reached or exceeded a savings goal?

Parameters (all are constant scalars given in a structure):

• f.startingSalary: Starting yearly salary
• f.investRate: Percentage of salary invested each year
• f.raiseRate: Percentage raise given at beginning of year EXCEPT the first
• f.returnRate: Percentage gain in invested money
• f.goal: Savings goal

Simplifying assumptions:

• All money is invested at the end of the year.
• Interest is awarded once at the end of the year on money that has been invest for an entire year
• All interest is reinvested immediately and will gain interest the next year

Return:

• At the beginning of which year will the goal been met or exceeded?