Question $1$: Retirement

Part A:

INSTRUCTIONS: You plan to retire in $30$ years. You can save $$15,000$ a year and have found an RSP investment that will return $4\mathrm{.}5\%.$ Determine how long will your funds last if you need $$45,000$ a year in today's dollars to live comfortably from a RIF at earning $3\mathrm{.}2\%.$

Using the yellow cells and changing the data inputs answer the following questions:

How many years would your funds last if you worked for an additional $5$ years?

How many years would your funds last if you double your contribution over $30$ years?

Years to Retirement

Inflation Rate

Annual Contribution

Current Yearly Cost of Living

$"$RSP$"$ Rate $($Retirement Savings Plan$)$

"RIF" Rate $($Retirement Income Fund$)$

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Part B:

INSTRUCTIONS: Determine how many years would your funds last if your RIF earned the rates indicated in the table using the original data of $30$ years to retirement and $$15,000$ annual contributions.

$\backslash$table$[[$R$,,],[$I$,1\mathrm{.}5\%,],[$F t$,2\mathrm{.}0\%,],[$e$,2\mathrm{.}5\%,],[$s$,3\mathrm{.}0\%,],[,,3\mathrm{.}5\%$