1- How much can you afford to spend now on an Alarm Fire system if it will save you $21,300 per year for the next 5 years? Use an interest rate of 10% per year.
1- How much can you afford to spend now on an Alarm Fire system if it will save you $21,300 per year for the next 5 years? Use an interest rate of 10% per year.
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![1- How much can you afford to spend now on an Alarm Fire system if it will save you $21,300 per year for the next 5 years? Use an
interest rate of 10% per year.
2. You need to buy a car in two years from now, the car dealer made you an offering, if you buy the car now, he would give you 40%
a discount rate. You know that the car price will be SR 142,000 if you delay the purchasing decision two years. what is the present
worth of the savings? if you refuse the offering. Assume the interest rate is 10% per year.
3. The amount of money that Energy Company can spend now for improving productivity instead of spending $30,000 three years
from now at an interest rate of 12% per year is closest to:
(a) $15,700
(b) $17,800
(c) $19,300
(d) $21,350](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb9a4ce2c-63dc-493b-bfcd-4c33f9866a97%2F1dae404b-7d36-4537-99e7-d52786feee86%2Fyl351s_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:1- How much can you afford to spend now on an Alarm Fire system if it will save you $21,300 per year for the next 5 years? Use an
interest rate of 10% per year.
2. You need to buy a car in two years from now, the car dealer made you an offering, if you buy the car now, he would give you 40%
a discount rate. You know that the car price will be SR 142,000 if you delay the purchasing decision two years. what is the present
worth of the savings? if you refuse the offering. Assume the interest rate is 10% per year.
3. The amount of money that Energy Company can spend now for improving productivity instead of spending $30,000 three years
from now at an interest rate of 12% per year is closest to:
(a) $15,700
(b) $17,800
(c) $19,300
(d) $21,350
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