Question 3 Cecilia and Salvador plan to send their daughter to university. To pay for this they will contribute 10 equal yearly payments to an account bearing interest at the APR of 9.5%, compounded annually. Five years after their last contribution, they will begin the first of five, yearly, withdrawals of $38,000 to pay the university's bills. How large must their yearly contributions be?

Funding a retirement goal. Austin Miller wishes to have 800,000 in a retirement fund 20 years from now. He can create the retirement fund by making a single lump-sum deposit today. a. If upon retirement in 20 years, Austin plans to invest 800,000 in a fund that earns 4 percent, what is the maximum annual withdrawal he can make over the following 15 years? b. How much would Austin need to have on deposit at retirement in order to withdraw 35,000 annually over the 15 years if the retirement fund earns 4 percent? c. To achieve his annual withdrawal goal of 35,000 calculated in part b, how much more than the amount calculated in part a must Austin deposit today in an investment earning 4 percent annual interest?

Refer to the present value table information on the previous page. What amount should Brett have in his bank account today, before withdrawal, if he needs 2,000 each year for 4 years, with the first withdrawal to be made today and each subsequent withdrawal at 1-year intervals? (Brett is to have exactly a zero balance in his bank account after the fourth withdrawal.) a. 2,000 + (2,000 0.926) + (2,000 0. 857) + (2,000 0.794) b. 2,0000.7354 c. (2,000 0.926) + (2,000 0.857) + (2,000 0.794) + (2,000 0.735) d. 2,0000.9264

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