You are trying to decide how much to save for retirement. assume you plan to save $5,000 per year with the first investment made one year from now. you think you can earn 10% per year on your investments and you plan to retire in 43 years, immediately after making your last $5,000 investment. complete the steps below using cell references to given data or previous calculations. in some cases, a simple cell reference is all you need. to copy/paste a formula across a row or down a column, an absolute cell reference or a mixed cell reference may be preferred. if a specific excel function is to be used, the directions will specify the use of that function. do not type in numerical data into a cell or function. instead, make a reference to the cell in which the data is found. make your computations only in the blue cells highlighted below. in all cases, unless otherwise directed, use the earliest appearance of the data in your formulas, usually the given data section.