5.1 Assume you have $1 million now, and you have just retired from your job. You expect to live for 20 years, and you want to have the same level of consumption (i.e., purchasing power) for each of these 20 years, after adjusting for inflation. You also wish to leave the purchasing power equivalent of $100,000 today to your kids at the end of the 20 years as a bequest (or to pay them to take care of you).

You expect inflation to be 3% per year for the next 20 years, and nominal interest rates are expected to stay around 8% per year.

A. Calculate the actual amount of consumption, in nominal dollars, using the stated assumptions.

Total amount = $1,000,000

Amount for kids = $100,000

Total amount consumed = $900,000

$900,000 = value/(0.08 - 0.03) * (1-(1.03/1.08)^20) . <------***** what formula is this? I am reading the chapter book but I cannot find it. Is this even the correct formula. please explain this to me, I am having a hardtime understanding the theory. ******