At age 35, Ronald earns his MBA and accepts a position as a vice president of an asphalt company. Assume that he will retire at the age of 65, having received an annual salary of $105,000, and that the interest rate is 8%, compounded continuously. a) What is the accumulated present value of his position? b) What is the accumulated future value of his position?

Luis has $170,000 in his retirement account at his present company. Because he is assuming a position with another company, Luis is planning to "roll over" his assets to a new account. Luis also plans to put $3000/quarter into the new account until his retirement 30 years from now. If the new account earns interest at the rate of 4.5%/year compounded quarterly, how much will Luis have in his account at the time of his retirement? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)

Gail decided that in six years she would leave her job in publishing and retire to Arizona. What amount should Gail invest today, so that she will be able to withdraw $50,000 at the end of each year for 30 years after she retires? Assume she can invest money at 5%, compounded annually.

Timothy is retiring from his job soon at which time his employer will make the following offer: 1. A lumpsum amount of $200,0002. A sum of $15,000 at the beginning of each year for the next 25 years. If the average interest rate is likely to be 5.5% p.a. for the next 25 years, which option should Timothy choose?

Oscar is looking forward to retirement in a few years when he will have completed 20 years of pensionable service. Oscar's pension plan provides an annual pension benefit of 1.5% of average career earnings for each year of pensionable service. Using information from Oscar's pension statements, he estimates his career average annual earnings will be $50,000 when he retires with 20 years of service. Given these assumptions, calculate Oscar's annual pension benefit that he can expect to receive when he retires. $7,500 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000