A wealthy woman just died and left her pet cats the following estate: $50,000 per year for the next fifteen years, with the first cash flow today. At a discount rate of 3.2%, what is the feline estate worth in today’s dollars? a) $588,352.84 b) $607,180.14 c) $750,000.00 d) $774,000.00

(b) Chris Hitchcock is 43 years old today and he wishes to accumulate $512.000 by his 65 th birthday so he can retire to his summer place on Lake Hopatcong. He wishes to accumulate this amount by making equal deposits on his 43 th through his 64 th birthdays. What annual deposit must Chris make if the fund will earn 8% interest compounded annually? (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 458,581.) Annual deposit eTextbook and Media Save for Later Attempts: unlimited Submit Answer %24

Mike wants to donate $5,000,000 to establish a fund to provide an annual scholarship in perpetuity. The fund will earn an interest rate of 4.57% p.a. compounded half-yearly (j2=4.57% p.a.) and the first scholarship will be first awarded 3.5 years after the date of the donation. (a) What is the amount of the annual scholarship (rounded to two decimal places)? Question 9 Answer a. 127913.37 b. 255507.69 c. 260410.57 d. 258749.57 Mike wants to donate $5,000,000 to establish a fund to provide an annual scholarship in perpetuity. The fund will earn an interest rate of 4.57% p.a. compounded half-yearly (j2=4.57% p.a.) and the first scholarship will be first awarded 3.5 years after the date of the donation. (b) Assume that two years after the donation, Mike needs to withdraw $1,000,000 from the fund and use the remaining amount to provide an annual scholarship in perpetuity. The time of the first scholarship will be unchanged (3.5 years after the date of the donation). What is the new annual…

Elena purchased a stamp collection for $8,250 five years ago. If it appreciated 7.4% annually, what is it worth today? (Keep 2 decimal places)

Mike wants to donate S5, 000, 000 to establish a fund to provide an annual scholarship in perpetuity. The fund will earn an interest rate of 5.37% p.a. compounded half-yearly (j2 = 5.37% p.a.) and the first scholarship will be first awarded 3.5 years after the date of the donation. (a) What is the amount of the annual scholarship (rounded to two decimal places) ? Question 9 Answer a. 313037.32 b 306010.79 с. 153267.24 d. 310649.70

Your rich uncle just celebrated his 35^(th) birthday and wants to provide SHSU an endowment of one million per year (forever) starting his 45^(th) birthday (10 years from today). He plans to set aside that money by putting it into a special account that pays 10% starting on his 36^(th) birthday through his 44^(th) birthday. How much must he set aside each year?

12. When Alfred Nobel died, he left the majority of his estate to fund five prizes, each to be awarded annually in perpetuity starting one year after he died. (The sixth one, in economics, was added later.) a. If he wanted the cash award of each of the five prizes to be $55,000 and his estate could earn 8% per year, how much would he need to fund his prizes? b. If he wanted the value of each prize to grow by 4% per year (perhaps to keep up with inflation), how much would he need to leave? Assume that the first amount was still $55,000. c. His heirs were surprised by his will and fought it. If they had been able to keep the amount of money you calculated in b and had invested it at 8% per year, how much would they have in 2014, 118 years after he died? to fund his prizes. a. He would need $ (Round to the nearest dollar.) b. He would need $ (Round to the nearest dollar.) c. His heirs would have $ (Round to the nearest million.) to fund his prizes. million.

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4. Mr. Richman has offered to give the New Life Hospice Center $100,000 today or $300,000 when he dies. If the hospice center earns 14% on its investments, and it expects Mr. Richman to live for 12 years, which alternative should they take? Take the gift now or later? Discuss in narrative and include your calculations and citations with your answer.

A favorite aunt wishes to establish a trust fund for her niece's math education. How much should she set aside now if she wants $45, 000, 7 years from now, and interest is compounded continuously at 5%? O $45,000(1.05)-7 O $45,000e -1.95 $45,000e-0.35 O $45,000e-0.05 O $45,000(1.05)- -0.35