Joseph plans to retire in $8$ years with $$297,000\mathrm{.}00$ in his account, which has an annual return of $9\mathrm{.}70$ percent. If he receives payments of $$64,002\mathrm{.}44$ per year and he receives his first $$64,002\mathrm{.}44$ payment in $9$ years, then how many payments of $$64,002\mathrm{.}44$ can Joseph expect to receive?

$6\mathrm{.}46$ payments

$5\mathrm{.}71$ payments

$2\mathrm{.}35$ payments

$2\mathrm{.}61$ payments

the answer cannot be obtained based on the given information