You have saved up some money for your retirement. You end up living 20 years after your retirement. The interest rate is 6%. The first year you receive $50,000 from your retirement account and then each following year you receive $2000 more due of Cost-of-Living adjustment. Meaning, in year 1 you receive $50,000, year 2 $52,000, year3 $54000, etc. How much money had you saved for retirement.

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You have saved up some money for your retirement. You end up living 20 years after your retirement. The interest rate is 6%. The first year you receive $50,000 from your retirement account and then each following year you receive $2000 more due of Cost-of-Living adjustment. Meaning, in year 1 you receive $50,000, year 2 $52,000, year3 $54000, etc. How much money had you saved for retirement.

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Year Cash Flows PVF @6% PV of cash flows ($)
1 50,000 0.9434 47,170
2 52,000 0.8900 46,280
3 54,000 0.8396 45,339
4 56,000 0.7921 44,357
5 58,000 0.7473 43,341
6 60,000 0.7050 42,298
7 62,000 0.6651 41,234
8 64,000 0.6274 40,154
9 66,000 0.5919 39,065
10 68,000 0.5584 37,971
11 70,000 0.5268 36,875
12 72,000 0.4970 35,782
13 74,000 0.4688 34,694
14 76,000 0.4423 33,615
15 78,000 0.4173 32,547
16 80,000 0.3936 31,492
17 82,000 0.3714 30,452
18 84,000 0.3503 29,429
19 86,000 0.3305 28,424
20 88,000 0.3118 27,439
  Total= $7,47,957
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