an innovative way to finance cash-strapped sports programs by allowing fans to sign up to pay a "mortgage" over a certain number of years for the right to buy good seats at football games for several decades with season ticket prices locked in. The locked-in price period is 50 years in California. Assume you and your brother went to UCLA. Your brother, Harold, purchases a $30,000 mortgage and pays for it now to get season tickets for $290 each for 50 years, while you, being a three-time alumnus of the same university, are able to buy season tickets at $390 in year 1, with prices increasing by $20 per year for 50 years. NOTE: This is a multi-part question. Once an answer is submitted, you will be unable to return to this part. What should Harold have been willing to pay UCLA upfront for the mortgage to make the two plans exactly equivalent economically if the rate of interest is 8% per year? (Assume Harold has no reason to give extra money to UCLA at this point and that the seats are the same level and next to each other.) Harold should have paid $ to UCLA up front for the mortgage to make the two plans exactly equivalent economically.

Jeff, a 56 year old professor is subject to a 28% tax rate. He has had a family emergency and must withdraw $5,000 from his IRA to fund it. How much money will he owe the government for this withdrawal?

Suppose you think if you were to retire right now, you would have needed $50,000 each year to supplement your social security and maintain your desired lifestyle. But because there is on average 3% annual inflation, when you retire 30 years from now, you need more than $50,000 per year to maintain the lifestyle you like.    How much will be equivalent to $50,000 at retirement time when adjusted for inflation? What will be the face value of the bond that yields the equivalent of $50,000, found in #4 of Part B in coupon payment? How much annual payment in the retirement account is needed to accumulate the amount needed to purchase the bond when retiring?  What is the purchase power of the amount that will be received by your inheritors, measured in the current value of $ at the time of opening the retirement account?  (Hint: First calculate what the future value will be in 30 years, which is equivalent to $50,000 now and then solve the rest of the problem).

Dana was dating Wade, a wealthy real estate entrepreneur. Wade was much older than Dana and knew he needed to offer something “special” to make her stay. Wade told Dana that if she continued dating him, he would pay her $10,000 a month. Wade paid Dana for two years when suddenly, for no apparent reason, he stopped the monthly payments. Dana stayed with Wade for another six months, but decided enough was enough and left. She wanted the $60,000 she was owed for the six months; Wade refused to pay her. Is Dana entitled to the $60,000?