Your company is eyeballing a new project in which they believe will cost $40,000 to start. They would like to spend this money and start the project 5 years from now. If they are able to invest money and recieve a 5% annual return, how much would they initially need to invest in order to start this project in 5 years?     $31,340     $173,180     $9240     $51,052

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  1. Your company is eyeballing a new project in which they believe will cost $40,000 to start. They would like to spend this money and start the project 5 years from now. If they are able to invest money and recieve a 5% annual return, how much would they initially need to invest in order to start this project in 5 years?

       

    $31,340

       

    $173,180

       

    $9240

       

    $51,052

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