King Corporation has a defined benefit pension plan. One of its employees has vested benefits under the plan, which will pay him $40,000 annually for life starting with the first payment of $40,000 on the day he retires at the age of 65. The employee has just reached the age of 45. King consulted standard mortality tables to come up with a life expectancy of 80 for this employee. The implicit interest rate under the plan is 9%.

a).- What is the present value of the pension obligation at the current time? (Using the BA II calculalor)