You have decided to invest a fixed percentage of your salary in the stock market at the end of each year. This year (today) you will invest $5 000. For the next five years, you expect that your salary will increase at an 8 percent annual rate and you will increase your savings at 8 percent per year. Thus, there will be a total of six investments ($5 000 today plus five more).
(a) What is the present worth of your investment if the stock market yields a 12 percent annual rate?
(b) What is the present worth of your investment if the market yields only 6 percent?
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