Question

9. Joe's starting salary as a mechanical engineer is around $80,000. Joe is planning to place a total of 10% of his salary each year in the mutual fund. Joe

expects a 5% salary increase each year for the next 30 years of employment. If the mutual fund will average 7% annual return over the course of his career, what can Joe expect at retirement? 8 Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when i= 7% per year. The amount Joe can expect at retirement is $(Round to the nearest dollar.)

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