Question

A lottery claims its grand prize is $10 million, payable over 20 years at $500,000 per year. If the first payment is made immediately, what is this grand prize really worth? Use an interest rate of 6%.

Answer 1

Answer:

$6,079,058.25

Explanation:

This is a simple present value problem. Using a financial calculator:N  20; PMT  500,000; FV  0; I  6%; Pmts in BEGIN mode.Compute PV : PV  $6,079,058.25