(Present value of a growing perpetuity) As a result of winning the Gates Energy Innovation Award, you are awarded a growing perpetuity. The first payment will occur in a year and will be for $30,000. You will continue receiving monetary awards annually with each award increasing by 7 percent over the previous award, and these monetary awards will continue forever. If the appropriate interest rate is 11 percent, what is the present value of this award? The present value of the award is $ (Round to the nearest cent.)

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(Present value of a growing perpetuity) As a result of winning the Gates Energy Innovation Award, you are awarded a growing perpetuity. The first payment will occur in a year and will be for $30,000. You will continue receiving monetary awards annually with each award increasing by 7 percent
over the previous award, and these monetary awards will continue forever. If the appropriate interest rate is 11 percent, what is the present value of this award?
The present value of the award is $ (Round to the nearest cent.)
Transcribed Image Text:(Present value of a growing perpetuity) As a result of winning the Gates Energy Innovation Award, you are awarded a growing perpetuity. The first payment will occur in a year and will be for $30,000. You will continue receiving monetary awards annually with each award increasing by 7 percent over the previous award, and these monetary awards will continue forever. If the appropriate interest rate is 11 percent, what is the present value of this award? The present value of the award is $ (Round to the nearest cent.)
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