Che-Che bought his brother a laptop 5 years ago which has a cost of around 25,000PhP. The laptop’s life span will last until 5 years. She has a friend which is a computer technician who advised her that the laptop’s life span could extend until 10 years if she could spend semi-annual maintenance of 100Php with a 10Php increase rate starting the next period of maintenance inspection. How much is the total future cost assuming that the money will have a rate of 2% compounded semi-annually if she decided to enjoy using her laptop beyond the expected life span upon purchasing?

Che-Che bought his brother a laptop 5 years ago which has a cost of around 25,000PhP. The laptop’s life span will last until 5 years. She has a friend which is a computer technician who advised her that the laptop’s life span could extend until 10 years if she could spend semi-annual maintenance of 100Php with a 10Php increase rate starting the next period of maintenance inspection. How much is the total future cost assuming that the money will have a rate of 2% compounded semi-annually if she decided to enjoy using her laptop beyond the expected life span upon purchasing?

Personal Finance

13th Edition

ISBN:9781337669214

Author:GARMAN

Publisher:GARMAN

Chapter13: Investment Fundamentals

Section: Chapter Questions

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