A recent engineering graduate decided to begin an investment program at the age of 23, with the hope of achieving an investment goal of $5 million by age 58. If a gradient series describes the engineer’s investment pattern over the 35- year period and if the annual return on the engineer’s investments is approximately 6.5%, what gradient step is required to achieve the goal if the first of the 36 investments equals $5,000?

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