You are 21 years old and are concerned about your retirement. You want to live comfortably when you retire 49 years from now. Since you won’t have a house payment (you expect to have the mortgage paid off by then), you figure you will need only $4,000 a month (current dollars) on which to live. You expect inflation to remain at 2.25% for the 49-year period, and you expect $1,850 (current dollars) in social security when you retire at 70 years of age. You expect to live 20 years in retirement. How much do you need to save every month, assuming a 6% annual return on your savings, beginning now?

a) $X2X.XX

b) $3XX.XX

c) $X5X.XX

d) $X0X.XX