Using the appropriate interest table, provide the solution to each of the following four questions by computing the unknowns.

a. What is the amount of the payments that Steve Winslow must make at the end of each of 8 years to accumulate a fund of $ 86,200 by the end of the 8th year, if the fund earns 8% interest, compounded annually? (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 458,581.)

Payment at the end of each year: b. Newman Hitchcock is 39 years old today and he wishes to accumulate $ 513,000 by his 63 rd birthday so he can retire to his summer place on Lake Hopatcong. He wishes to accumulate this amount by making equal deposits on his 39 th through his 62 th birthdays. What annual deposit must Newman make if the fund will earn 8% interest compounded annually? (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 458,581.)

Annual deposit:

c. Amy Ross has $ 20,100 to invest today at 10% to pay a debt of $ 57,348. How many years will it take her to accumulate enough to liquidate the debt? (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 45.)

Years:

d. Maria Houston has a $ 28,400 debt that she wishes to repay 4 years from today; she has $ 19,398 that she intends to invest for the 4 years. What rate of interest will she need to earn annually in order to accumulate enough to pay the debt? (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 7%.)

Rate of interest: