You will invest in something that will give you a payment of $211 two times each year.  You plan to hold on to the investment and hope to sell it for $37436 in 14 years.  Investments of this risk should earn 9.92%.  How much is it worth today?    (hint:  There is both an annuity (the semi-annual payments) and a lump sum (the selling price).  Find the present value of each and add them together.) (Remember that you need a semi-annual "r" and a semi-annual "t".) Answer:

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You will invest in something that will give you a payment of $211 two times each year.  You plan to hold on to the investment and hope to sell it for $37436 in 14 years.  Investments of this risk should earn 9.92%.  How much is it worth today?    (hint:  There is both an annuity (the semi-annual payments) and a lump sum (the selling price).  Find the present value of each and add them together.) (Remember that you need a semi-annual "r" and a semi-annual "t".)

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