Question: Ruby is 25 and has a good job at a biotechnology company. She currently has $11500 in an IRA, an important part of her retirement

Ruby is 25 and has a good job at a biotechnology company. She currently has $11500 in an IRA, an important part of her retirement nest egg. She believes her IRA will grow at an annual rate of 8 percent, and she plans to leave it untouched until she retires at age 65. Ruby estimates that she will need $925000 in her total retirement nest egg by the time she is 65 in order to have retirement income of $20,000 a year (she expects that Social Security will pay her an additional $15,000 a year).

Calculate how much will Rubys IRA be worth when she needs to start withdrawing money from it when she retires. Use this number to calculate how much money will she have to accumulate in her companys 401(k) plan over the next 40 years in order to reach her retirement income goal?

Your answer should be how much money she needs to accumulate over the next 40 years. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Do not include the comma, period, and "$" sign in your response.)

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