Question

Carrie Tune will receive $31,000 for the next 11 years as a payment for a new song she has written. Use Appendix D for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. What is the present value of these payments if the discount rate is 12 percent?

Answer 1

Answer:

$184,068.70

Explanation:

Given that

Annual payments = $31,000

Discount rate = 12%

Time period = 11 years

The computation of the present value is shown below:

= Annual payments  × PVIFA factor for 11 years at 12%

= $31,000 × 5.9377

= $184,068.70

Simply we multiplied the annual payments with the PVIFA factor so that the present value could arrive

Refer to the PVIFA table