A football player is offered a 5-year contract which pays him the following amounts:   Year 1:  $1.2 million Year 2:   1.6 million Year 3:   2.0 million Year 4:   2.4 million Year 5:   2.8 million   Under the terms of the agreement all payments are made at the end of each year.   Instead of accepting the contract, the football player asks his agent to negotiate a contract which has a present value of $1 million more than that which has been offered.  Moreover, the player wants to receive his payments in the form of a 5-year annuity due.  All cash flows are discounted at 10 percent.  If the team were to agree to the player's terms, what would be the player's annual salary (in millions of dollars)?   $1.500 $1.659 $2.439 $1.989 None of the above

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A football player is offered a 5-year contract which pays him the following amounts:

 

Year 1:  $1.2 million

Year 2:   1.6 million

Year 3:   2.0 million

Year 4:   2.4 million

Year 5:   2.8 million

 

Under the terms of the agreement all payments are made at the end of each year.

 

Instead of accepting the contract, the football player asks his agent to negotiate a contract which has a present value of $1 million more than that which has been offered.  Moreover, the player wants to receive his payments in the form of a 5-year annuity due.  All cash flows are discounted at 10 percent.  If the team were to agree to the player's terms, what would be the player's annual salary (in millions of dollars)?

 

  1. $1.500
  2. $1.659
  3. $2.439
  4. $1.989
  5. None of the above
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