1. You and a friend want to go on a bike trek through France. You decide to invest $200 a month for four years in a money market account that is earning 4%. If inflation runs at 2% for the next four...

1. You and a friend want to go on a bike trek through France. You decide to invest $200 a month for four years in a money market account that is earning 4%. If inflation runs at 2% for the next four years, what percent is the true gain in the purchasing power of your investment?

2. It is deemed that your niece, Jenny (who is two), will be going to a four-year college that will cost her no more than $30,000 a year. If Grandpa will buy today, as a one-time purchase, U.S. Treasury bonds at 4% interest for Jenny, what dollar amount should he buy to make sure she has $120,000 at the start of college?