Alan Hitchcock is 43 years old today and he wishes to accumulate $497,000 by his 68 th birthday so he can retire to his summer place on Lake Hopatcong. He wishes to accumulate this amount by making equal deposits on his 43 th through his 67 th birthdays. What annual deposit must Alan make if the fund will earn 8% interest compounded annually? (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 458,581.)

answers is not 6,798.