Duration of this pension funds liabilities

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A pension fund manager expects that her fund will need to pay $2.5 million in benefits at the end of each of the next three years. If the fund values its liabilities using a 9% discount rate, what is the DURATION of this pension fund's liabilities (i.e., calculate the duration).

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