Question content area top Part 1 ​(Present value of complex cash​ flows)  You have an opportunity to make an investment that will pay ​$300 at the end of the first​ year, ​$100 at the end of the second​ year, ​$500 at the end of the third​ year, ​$300 at the end of the fourth​ year, and $400 at the end of the fifth year.   a.  Find the present value if the interest rate is 12 percent. ​ (Hint: You can simply bring each cash flow back to the present and then add them up. Another way to work this problem is to either use the =NPV function in Excel or to use your CF key on a financial calculator—but ​you'll want to check your​ calculator's manual before you use this key. Keep in mind that with the =NPV function in​ Excel, there is no initial outlay. That​ is, all this function does is bring all the future cash flows back to the present. With a financial​ calculator, you should keep in mind that CF0 is the initial outlay or cash flow at time​ 0, and, because there is no cash flow at time​ 0, CF0=​0.) b.  What would happen to the present value of this stream of cash flows if the interest rate were zero​ percent?       Question content area bottom Part 1 a.  What is the present value of the investment if the interest rate is 12 ​percent?   ​$enter your response here   ​(Round to the nearest​ cent.) Part 2 b.  What is the present value of the investment if the interest rate is zero​ percent?   ​$enter your response here   ​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)

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Part 1
​(Present value of complex cash​ flows)  You have an opportunity to make an investment that will pay
​$300
at the end of the first​ year,
​$100
at the end of the second​ year,
​$500
at the end of the third​ year,
​$300
at the end of the fourth​ year, and
$400
at the end of the fifth year.
 
a.  Find the present value if the interest rate is
12
percent. ​ (Hint: You can simply bring each cash flow back to the present and then add them up. Another way to work this problem is to either use the
=NPV
function in Excel or to use your CF key on a financial
calculator—but
​you'll want to check your​ calculator's manual before you use this key. Keep in mind that with the
=NPV
function in​ Excel, there is no initial outlay. That​ is, all this function does is bring all the future cash flows back to the present. With a financial​ calculator, you should keep in mind that
CF0
is the initial outlay or cash flow at time​ 0, and, because there is no cash flow at time​ 0,
CF0=​0.)
b.  What would happen to the present value of this stream of cash flows if the interest rate were zero​ percent?
 
 
 

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Part 1
a.  What is the present value of the investment if the interest rate is
12
​percent?
 
​$enter your response here  
​(Round to the nearest​ cent.)
Part 2
b.  What is the present value of the investment if the interest rate is zero​ percent?
 
​$enter your response here  
​(Round to the nearest​ dollar.)
 
 
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