Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780078025914
Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter AC, Problem 8MC
Which of the following statements is true?
- a. When the interest rate increases, the present value of a single amount decreases.
- b. When the number of interest periods increases, the present value of a single amount increases.
- c. When the interest rate increases, the present value of an annuity increases.
- d. None of the above are true.
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