Your parents are giving you $100 a month for four years while you are in college. At an 8% discount rate, what are these payments worth to you when you first start college?

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Answer:

These payments worth to me when I first start my college are$4,303.

Explanation:

Monthly Payments = P = $100

Interest rate = i = 5.5% = 0.055 = 0.055/12 = 0.00458

Number of years = 4 years

Period in a year = 12 months

Number of total periods = n = 4 x 12 = 48 periods

APV = P [  1 - ((( 1 + i )^-n ) / i)]

APV = 100 [  (1 - (( 1 + 0.00458 )^-48 ) / 0.00458)]

Annuity present value  = $4,303

The present value of $100 received each month for 4 years at the discounted rate of 8% will be

What is present value?

Present value refers to the current value of future sum. The present value tells the present worth of the amount to be received in future.

Annuity refers to a fixed sum that is paid for a fixed period constantly and at a fixed rate of interest.

The present value of annuity can be calculated as follows:

[tex]\rm P = PMT \times \dfrac{1- \dfrac{1} {(1+r)^n}} {r}[/tex] , where P is the present value, PMT is the periodic payment, r is the rate of interest and n is the number of times annuity is paid.

Given:

PMT is $100

r is 8%

n is 4 years which is 48 months

Therefore, the present value will be:

[tex]\rm P = 100 \times \dfrac{1- \dfrac{1} {(1+0.08)^{48}}} {0.08}\\\\\rm P = 100 \times \dfrac{1- \dfrac{1} {(1.08)^{48}}} {0.08}\\\\\rm P = \$ $4,303.[/tex]

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