Your grandfather has offered you a choice of one of the three following alternatives: $10,000 now; $4,800 a year for eight years; or $56,000 at the end of eight years. Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a-1. Assuming you could earn 9 percent annually, compute the present value of each alternative: (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)        a-2. Which alternative should you choose?    multiple choice 1 $56,000 received at end of eight years $4,800 received each year for eight years $10,000 received now   b-1. If you could earn 10 percent annually, compute the present value of each alternative: (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)        b-2. Which alternative should you choose?    multiple choice 2 $56,000 received at end of eight years $4,800 received each year for eight years $10,000 received now

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Your grandfather has offered you a choice of one of the three following alternatives: $10,000 now; $4,800 a year for eight years; or $56,000 at the end of eight years. Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.


a-1. Assuming you could earn 9 percent annually, compute the present value of each alternative: (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)
  

 


 

a-2. Which alternative should you choose?
  

multiple choice 1

  • $56,000 received at end of eight years
  • $4,800 received each year for eight years
  • $10,000 received now


 

b-1. If you could earn 10 percent annually, compute the present value of each alternative: (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)
  

 


 

b-2. Which alternative should you choose?
  

multiple choice 2

  • $56,000 received at end of eight years
  • $4,800 received each year for eight years
  • $10,000 received now
 
 
 
 
 
 
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