1. The future value of an annuity is typically used when analyzing
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retirement plans. |
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alternative capital budgeting proposals. |
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the price of common stock. |
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loan amortization schedules. |
2. Under which of the following discounting methods will the present value of an investment be the highest, assuming the same annual interest rate?
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Yearly. |
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Continuous. |
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Quarterly. |
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Monthly. |
3. What is the value of this 20 year lease? The first payment, due one year from today is $2,000 and each annual payment will increase by 4%. The discount rate used to evaluate similar leases is 9%. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
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$ 39,856 |
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$ 40,000 |
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$ 68,000 |
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$ 24,361 |
4. Time to attain goal: Elegant Designers have generated sales of $625,000 for the current year. If they can grow their sales at a rate of 12 percent every year, how long will they take to triple their sales? (Round off to the nearest year.)
9 years
10 years
8 years
7 years