You are hurt in a car accident and your lawyer wins a $100,000 settlement to be distributed as follows: $20,000 immediate payment $7,000 a year for ten years $30,000 after ten years. If the lawyer's fee is $10,000, what is the value of this settlement if the interest rate is 8 percent? Answer in format of 1,234.56.

You are hurt in a car accident and your lawyer wins a $100,000 settlement to be distributed as follows: $20,000 immediate payment $7,000 a year for ten years $30,000 after ten years. If the lawyer's fee is $10,000, what is the value of this settlement if the interest rate is 8 percent? Answer in format of 1,234.56.

Financial Accounting Intro Concepts Meth/Uses

14th Edition

ISBN:9781285595047

Author:Weil

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ChapterA: Appendix - Time Value Of Cash Flows: Compound Interest Concepts And Applications

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