You are willing to pay $15,625 now to purchase a perpetuity which will pay you and your heirs $1,350 each year, forever, starting at the end of this year. If you're required rate of return does not change, how much would you be willing to pay if this were a 20-year, annual payment, ordinary annuity instead of a perpetuity?
You are willing to pay $15,625 now to purchase a perpetuity which will pay you and your heirs $1,350 each year, forever, starting at the end of this year. If you're required rate of return does not change, how much would you be willing to pay if this were a 20-year, annual payment, ordinary annuity instead of a perpetuity?
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Transcribed Image Text:You are willing to pay $15,625 now to purchase a perpetuity which will pay you and your heirs
$1,350 each year, forever, starting at the end of this year. If you're required rate of return does not
change, how much would you be willing to pay if this were a 20-year, annual payment, ordinary
annuity instead of a perpetuity?
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