1. If, at age 25, you open an IRA account paying 10 percent annual interest and you put $2000 in at the end of each year, what will be your balance at age 65?
2. You are offered two alternatives: a $2000 annuity for 7 years or a lump sum today. If current interest rates are 9 percent, how large will the lump sum have to be to make you indifferent between the alternatives?