Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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ISBN: 9781259533006
Author: John J Wild
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Present value is the value of money today. Present value of money is calculated using the interest rate and period. The future value of money is multiplied with the present value factor to get the present value.
To calculate: the present value of the investment.
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