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1.)
Which payment would you prefer to
receive
if you can earn 5.4% interest on your
savings account?
A.
$900 in 4 years
B.
$895 in 2 years
C.
$835 in 1 year
D.
$800 today
2.) 4 years ago you invested $15,000 to design a new app to match dog owners with
trainers. Today you sold the business and earned a 41%
annual
return on your
investment. How much did you sell the business for?
1 Give the answer as a positive
number. (round to the nearest dollar)
3.) Save the Bees supplies beekeepers with hives and other beekeeping equipment. It
has just received a contract to sell 600 hives in exchange for a $100,000 payment
today and an additional $70,000 one year from today. The hives cost $75 to
manufacture (a cost they will incur today). Assuming an interest rate of 6.5%, what
is the net benefit today of this contract for Save the Bees?
1 (round to the nearest
dollar)
4.) You have decided to invest money today in order to make a $120,000 grant to
Sustainability@BU
in 2025. If interest rates suddenly decrease, the amount you
would have to invest today in order to have $120,000 available for
Sustainability@BU
in 2025 will:
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain unchanged
D. Cannot be determined without more information
5.) Island Institute has agreed to raise money to fund projects for Maine island schools.
It plans to make annual payments and to continue the payments forever. The first
payment will be $5,000 one year from today and it plans to increase the payment by
2.45% per year. Given an interest rate of 5.65%, how much is needed to fund this
perpetuity today? 1 Give the answer as a positive number. Round to the nearest
dollar.
6.) A perpetuity will pay $800 per year beginning 6 years from today. Given an interest
rate of 4.3%, what is the value of the perpetuity today? (give the answer as a positive
number, round to the nearest dollar)
7.)
You have agreed to make nine annual payments to support #QuestromCares. You
will make nine $1,400 annual payments beginning
today
. Assuming an interest rate
of 6%, what is the value today of your payments?Give the answer as a positive
number. Round to the nearest dollar.
8.)
You plan to invest $4500 at the end of each year for 12 years beginning one year
from today. If the investment pays 6.4% interest, what will be the value of your
investment 12 years from today after you make your final investment?(round to the
nearest dollar, enter the answer as a positive number)
9.) You are saving for a trip in 4 years that will cost $3500. You have saved $950 and
plan to save an additional amount every year beginning one year from today for the
next 4 years. If the bank pays 6.9% interest on your savings account, how much will
you need to invest each year beginning one year from today in order to have a total
of $3500 4 years from now?
1 Give the answer as a positive number. Round to the
nearest dollar.
10.)You are planning to move to Norway to train for your country's olympic
cross-country ski team. The move will cost $10,800. If you already have $7,000 in
your bank account and the bank pays 7.5% interest per year, how many years will it
take to reach your goal of $10,800?
1 (round to the nearest year)
11.) Today is your 65th birthday and you have saved $1,250,000 for your retirement. You
expect to live until age 97. How much can you withdraw every year in retirement
(starting one year from today) so that you will have no savings left after your final
withdrawal at age 97?
Assume that you continue to earn 8.5% interest on your
savings. 1 (round to the nearest dollar, enter the answer as a positive number)
12.) You are planning to do a motorcycle trip in Vietnam in 3 years with your college
roommate. The trip costs $13,000. You have $6,000 in your bank account now and
will deposit an additional $1300 every year beginning one year from today. What
interest rate would be required if you are to have $13,000 in your bank account in 3
years? 1 (give the answer as a
decimal
rounded to 4 digits after the decimal: 0.xxxx)
13.) You have a small business breeding Labradoodle puppies and have found a buyer for
your last puppy.
The puppy costs $2000 and the buyer has offered you three
payment options.
If the interest rate is 6%, which of the following would you prefer
to receive?
A.One payment of $2000 today
B.One payment of $2380 three years from today
C.Five annual payments of $474 beginning today
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