1- Monika is 30 years old and wants to retire in 20 years at the age of 50. She expects to earn 12% on her savings prior to retirement and 8% thereafter. Monika wants to be able to withdraw $18,000 every year at the beginning of each year for 30 years from the age of 50 to 80. The amount that she must deposit at the end of each year for the next 20 years is closest to:

a.

$2,724

b.

$3,037

c.

$2,812

2-

The 4th quintile for the following distribution of returns is closest to: 8%, 6%, 12%, 18%, 25%, 8%, 9%, 17%, 14%, 10% is:

a.

17.8%

b.

17%

c.

18.5%

3-

The probability that a baseball player will swing his bat on any given pitch equals 0.35. He faces 20 pitches in each batting practice session. Using the binomial distribution, the probability of swinging on 8 pitches from 20 or P(x = 8) is closest to:

a.

0.014

b.

0.23

c.

0.16