Hoang, a super salesman contemplating retirement on his fifty-fifth birthday, decides to create a fund on a 10% basis that will enable him to withdraw $60,000 per year on June 30, beginning in 2018 and continuing through 2021. To develop this fund, Hoang intends to make equal contributions on June 30 of each of the years 2014–2017.

Instructions
(a) How much must the balance of the fund equal on June 30, 2017, in order for Hoang to satisfy his objective?
(b) What are each of Hoang’s contributions to the fund?