John Adams is the CEO of a nursing home in San Jose. He is now 50 years old and plans to retire in ten
years. He expects to live for 25 years after he retiresthat is, until he is 85. He wants a fixed retirement
income that has the same purchasing power at the time he retires as $95,000 has today (he realizes that
the real value of his retirement income will decline year by year after he retires). His retirement income
will begin on the day he retires, ten years from today, and he will then get 24 additional annual payments.
Inflation is expected to be 3 percent per year for ten years (ignore inflation after John retires); he
currently has $1 million in his IRA, and he expects to earn an annual rate of return on his investments of
5 percent. To the nearest dollar, how much must he contribute to his IRA during each of the next ten years
(with deposits being made at the end of each year) to meet his retirement goal? (Hint: The inflation rate
of 3 percent per year is used only to calculate desired retirement income.)