Crane Flight Services contributes $25 a week to Helen's retirement plan starting immediately. Assuming she works for Crane for another twenty-two years and the applicable discount rate is 4 3/4%. Given these assumptions, the value of this employee benefit today is closest to: (state your answer to 2 decimal places)

James is an employee in the widget inspection department of xyz systems, a government contractor. james was part of a 3-person inspection team that found a particular batch of widgets did not meet the exacting requirements of the u. s. government. in order to meet the tight deadline and avoid penalties under the contract, james' boss demanded that the batch of widgets be sent in fulfillment of the government contract. when james found out, he went to the vice president of the company and reported the situation. james was demoted by his boss, and no longer works on government projects. james has a: