uppose your firm has an obligation to pay an annuity with 18 annual payments of $80,000. The first payment is due two years from today. Assume all interest rates are 11.5%. Write down the information requested on your answer sheet.   What is the duration of the obligation? Please carry out intermediate steps further but in your final answer be accurate to and express your FINAL answer as accurate to the nearest 4 decimal places. Please do NOT answer MORE than 4 decimal places...round your answer to the nearest 4

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Suppose your firm has an obligation to pay an annuity with 18 annual payments of $80,000. The first payment is due two years from today. Assume all interest rates are 11.5%. Write down the information requested on your answer sheet.

 

What is the duration of the obligation? Please carry out intermediate steps further but in your final answer be accurate to and express your FINAL answer as accurate to the nearest 4 decimal places. Please do NOT answer MORE than 4 decimal places...round your answer to the nearest 4 decimal places.

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