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Alternative Problems and Solutions

Satisfactory Essays

ALTERNATIVE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

ALTERNATIVE PROBLEMS

5-1A. (Compound Interest) To what amount will the following investments accumulate?

a. $4,000 invested for 11 years at 9% compounded annually

b. $8,000 invested for 10 years at 8% compounded annually

c. $800 invested for 12 years at 12% compounded annually

d. $21,000 invested for 6 years at 5% compounded annually

5-2A. (Compound Value Solving for n) How many years will the following take?

a. $550 to grow to $1,043.90 if invested at 6% compounded annually

b. $40 to grow to $88.44 if invested at 12% compounded annually

c. $110 to grow to $614.79 if invested at 24% compounded annually

d. $60 to grow to …show more content…

He talks to her about several annuities that she could buy that would guarantee her an annual fixed income. The annuities are as follows:

Initial Payment into Duration Annuity Amount of Money of Annuity Annuity (at t = 0) Received per year (Years) A $50,000 $8500 12 B $60,000 $7000 25 C $70,000 $8000 20

If Ellen could earn 12% on her money by placing it in a savings account, should she place it instead in any of the annuities? Which ones, if any? Why?

5-11A. (Future Value) Sales of a new marketing book were 10,000 copies this year and were expected to increase by 15% per year. What are expected sales during each of the next three years? Graph this sales trend and explain.

5-12A. (Future Value) Reggie Jackson, formerly of the New York Yankees, hit 41 home runs in 1980. If his home-run output grew at a rate of 12% per year, what would it have been over the following 5 years?

5-13A. (Loan Amortization) Sefani Moore purchased a new house for $150,000. She paid $30,000 down and agreed to pay the rest over the next 25 years in 25 equal annual payments that included principal payments plus 10% compound interest on the unpaid balance. What will these equal payments be?

5-14A. (Solving for PMT in an Annuity) To pay for your

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