Buddha Baby ("BB") offers a defined pension plan for its employees and all their babies (and some employees have lots of babies). On January 1, 2025, the pension plan was underfunded by $2,000,000. BB has a December 31 year end. Pertinent details of the pension plan are as follows: pension plan assets market value, January 1 3,150,000 funding of pension plan 250,000 pension benefits earned by evenly through the year 185,000 payments to retirees (and their babies), end of year 95,000 actuarial gains

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Buddha Baby ("BB") offers a defined pension plan for its employees and all their babies (and some employees have lots of babies). On January 1, 2025, the pension plan was underfunded by $2,000,000. BB has a December 31 year end. Pertinent details of the pension plan are as follows:

pension plan assets market value, January 1 3,150,000
funding of pension plan 250,000
pension benefits earned by evenly through the year 185,000
payments to retirees (and their babies), end of year 95,000
actuarial gains 25,000
discount rate 8%
   

What is ending balance of plan obligation at December 31, 2025?

  a.

5,634,400

    b.

1,314,400

    c.

1,360,600

    d.

3,474,000

    e.

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