document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=449250>Question 449250</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can someone guide me on how to do these problems??\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " (Present value) What is the present value of the following future amounts?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. $800 to be received 10 years from now discounted back to the present at 10 percent  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. $300 to be received 5 years from now discounted back to the present at 5 percent <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$1,000 to be received 8 years from now discounted back to the present at 3 percent \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c$1,000 to be received 8 years from now discounted back to the present at 3 percent \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d.$1,000 to be received 8 years from now discounted back to the present at 20 percent <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "use Present Value table to find:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Present Value Factor: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n%2Fr ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n%2Fr\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where Number of periods = n and Interest rate = r\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=PV+=+%280.386+%2A+800%29+=+308.80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"PV+=+%280.386+%2A+800%29+=+308.80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=PV+=+%280.7894%2A+1000%29+=789.4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"PV+=+%280.7894%2A+1000%29+=789.4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d.\r<BR>\n" );
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