P5-43

Creating a retirement fund To supplement your planned retirement in exactly 42 years, you estimate that you need to accumulate $220,000 by the end of 42 years from today. You plan to make equal, annual, end-of-year deposits into an account paying 8% annual interest. a. How large must the annual deposits be to create the $220,000 fund by the end of 42 years? b. If you can afford to deposit only $600 per year into the account, how much will you have accumulated by the end of the forty-second year