Suppose you just won the state lottery, and you have two options: (1) receiving $2,550,000 now or (2) receiving a 20-year annuity with $250,000 payment at the end of each year. What rate of return is built into the annuity to make you indifferent with these two options?        A)  7.12%   B)  7.87%   C)  8.26%   D)  7.49%   E)  8.67%

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Suppose you just won the state lottery, and you have two options: (1) receiving $2,550,000 now or (2) receiving a 20-year annuity with $250,000 payment at the end of each year. What rate of return is built into the annuity to make you indifferent with these two options? 

 

 

 

A) 

7.12%

 

B) 

7.87%

 

C) 

8.26%

 

D) 

7.49%

 

E) 

8.67%

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