Chapter 4: Question (page 281)
You invest $3,000 for three years at 12 percent.
c. What is the value of your investment after three years?
Answer
The value of investment after three years is $4,214.78.
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If you invest $8,500 per period for the following number of periods, how much would you have? a. 12 years at 10 percent.
Exodus Limousine Company has $1,000 par value bonds outstanding at 10 percent interest. The bonds will mature in 50 years. Compute the current price of the bonds if the percent yield to maturity is
a. 5 percent.
b. 15 percent.
You invest \(3,000 for three years at 12 percent.Combine these steps using the formula FV 5 PV 3 (1 1 i) n to find the future value of \)3,000 in 3 years at 12 percent interest.
Your grandfather has offered you a choice of one of the three following alternatives: \(7,500 now; \)2,200 a year for nine years; or $31,000 at the end of nine years. Assuming you could earn 10 percent annually, which alternative should you choose? If you could earn 11 percent annually, would you still choose the same alternative?
Larry Davis borrows $80,000 at 14 percent interest toward the purchase of a home. His mortgage is for 25 years.
a.How much will his annual payments be? (Although home payments are usually on a monthly basis, we shall do our analysis on an annual basis for ease of computation. We will get a reasonably accurate answer.)
b.How much interest will he pay over the life of the loan?
c.How much should he be willing to pay to get out of a 14 percent mortgage and into a 10 percent mortgage with 25 years remaining on the mortgage?
Assume current interest rates are 10 percent. Carefully consider the timeb value of money. Disregard taxes.
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