1. You are 24 years old and decide to start saving for your retirement. You plan to save $5,000 at the end of each year (so the first deposit will be one year from now), and will make the last deposit when you retire at age 65. Suppose you earn 6% per year on your retirement savings.
a. How much will you have saved for retirement?
b. How much will you have saved if you wait until age 32 to start saving (again, with your first deposit at the end of the year)?
2. You are thinking of building a new machine that will save you $1,000 in the first year. The machine will then begin to wear out so that the savings decline at a rate of 2%.