<span>Prefer the 6.1 percent tax-exempt investment.
Let's do the math and see why the tax-exempt investment is the better choice. For the 8.1% taxable investment, you get taxed at the rate of 28%. Which means that you only get to keep 100%-28% = 72% of your gains. So 0.72 * 8.1 = 5.832 which means your effective earning percentage is only 5.832% which is less than the 6.1% rate you get for the tax-exempt investment. Another consideration that wasn't taken into account for the question is the earnings on the taxable investment may push you up into a higher tax bracket. Which in turn increases the tax burden on your other investments. So the better choice here is the 6.1% tax-exempt investment even though that first glance the 8.1% investment looks higher.</span>
Answer:
The rate at which to discount the payments to find sum borrowed is 12.68%
Explanation:
The discount rate to be used in computing the sum borrowed can e derived from the effective annual rate formula below:
Effective annual rate = (1 + Quoted interest rate/m)^m - 1
quoted interest rate is 8.40
m is the number of months in a year when compounding is done which is 12
effective annual rate=(1+8.40%/12)^12-1
effective annual rate=(1+0.01)^12-1
effective annual rate=(1.01)^12-1
effective annual rate=1.12682503
-1
effective annual rate=0.12682503=12.68%
Answer:
Answer A = $9,000
Answer B = $6,400
Answer C = $7,632
Answer D = $54,000
Answer E = $71,063
Explanation:
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