If you invest $4,000 today at 10% interest, what is the value of the investment at the end of 5 years?

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Solve the following two cases (the cases are independent).

1. If you invest $4,000 today at 10% interest, what is the value of the investment at the end of 5 years?

2. If you invest $1,000 at the end of each of the next 5 years and the investment earns 10% interest, what is the value of the investment at the end of 5 years?

FV factor at 10% at year 5 is 1.6105

(Table A-1 Future Value Interest Factors for One Dollar Compounded)

FV annuity factor at 10 for 5 years is 6.1051

(Table A-2 Future Value Interest Factors for a One-Dollar Annuity)

 

Requirement:

Solve the above two cases (the cases are independent).

What is the accounting rate of return? (Ignoring taxes)

Hints and Reference:

Lecture and reading material of Capital Budgeting Part-2 and related MS excel file.

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