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You are preparing pro forma financial statements for 2017 using the percent-of-sales method. Sales were $100,000 in 2016 and are projected to be $120,000 in 2017. Net income was $5,000 in 2016 and is projected to be $6,000 in 2017. Equity was $45,000 at year-end 2015 and $50,000 at year-end 2016. Assuming that this company never issued new equity, never repurchased equity, and never changes its dividend payout ratio, what would be projected for equity at year-end 2017