1. A mother wants to insure the education of his son. On the 7th birthday of the son, he invest in a fund the amount of P 200,000.00 earning at 6.5% interest rate compounded monthly; on the 10th birthday another P 200,000.00 at an interest rate of 7.3% compounded monthly: on the 15th birthday another sum of money at 8% compounded monthly. If on the 18th birthday the son have a total withdrawable amount of P1.3M, how much is the 3rd investment?
1. A mother wants to insure the education of his son. On the 7th birthday of the son, he invest in a fund the amount of P 200,000.00 earning at 6.5% interest rate compounded monthly; on the 10th birthday another P 200,000.00 at an interest rate of 7.3% compounded monthly: on the 15th birthday another sum of money at 8% compounded monthly. If on the 18th birthday the son have a total withdrawable amount of P1.3M, how much is the 3rd investment?
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![1. A mother wants to insure the education of his son. On the 7th birthday of the son, he invest
in a fund the amount of P 200,000.00 earning at 6.5% interest rate compounded monthly;
on the 10th birthday another P 200,000.00 at an interest rate of 7.3% compounded monthly:
on the 15th birthday another sum of money at 8% compounded monthly. If on the 18th
birthday the son have a total withdrawable amount of P1.3M, how much is the 3rd
investment?
2. An engineer invest P3M in concrete making. In return, he receives P235,000.00 per year for
5 years. Compute for the rate of return on investment and the return on investment.
3. Two proposals are being considered for building a power plant.
Proposal A: The construction ofa new plant costing 10M today.
Proposal B: Construction of a smaller plant now for 6.8M and the expansion costing 5M after
5 years
If money is worth 7.5% compounded quarterly, which proposal is better.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa184bc96-15db-4bc9-bfb0-90d80e328318%2Fd079cc05-74bc-4083-a2b5-3895f9fa071d%2Fp0mae6_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:1. A mother wants to insure the education of his son. On the 7th birthday of the son, he invest
in a fund the amount of P 200,000.00 earning at 6.5% interest rate compounded monthly;
on the 10th birthday another P 200,000.00 at an interest rate of 7.3% compounded monthly:
on the 15th birthday another sum of money at 8% compounded monthly. If on the 18th
birthday the son have a total withdrawable amount of P1.3M, how much is the 3rd
investment?
2. An engineer invest P3M in concrete making. In return, he receives P235,000.00 per year for
5 years. Compute for the rate of return on investment and the return on investment.
3. Two proposals are being considered for building a power plant.
Proposal A: The construction ofa new plant costing 10M today.
Proposal B: Construction of a smaller plant now for 6.8M and the expansion costing 5M after
5 years
If money is worth 7.5% compounded quarterly, which proposal is better.
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