Answer in Excel Financial Calculations  a. If you are lucky and win $50,000 in a tax-free lottery next week, you have already decided to invest that amount in a broadly-based stock market fund which historically has earned 6% return per year. How much will you expect have at the end of these 20 years if you believe stock market history is an excellent guide to the future? b. If you believe you will need at least $300,000 more than you have now to retire in twenty-five years, how much must you contribute at the end of each year into a retirement fund that pays 5% interest annually?

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a. If you are lucky and win $50,000 in a tax-free lottery next week, you have already decided to invest that amount in a broadly-based stock market fund which historically has earned 6% return per year. How much will you expect have at the end of these 20 years if you believe stock market history is an excellent guide to the future?

b. If you believe you will need at least $300,000 more than you have now to retire in twenty-five years, how much must you contribute at the end of each year into a retirement fund that pays 5% interest annually?

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