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Answer:</h3>
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Explanation:</h3>
The formula for calculating the Monthly payments P for the sinking fund is as follows:

where,
P = Monthly payments to be made
A = Total amount to be accumulated
i = Interest rate for given time period
n = Number of time period
Assuming interest is applied at the beginning of each period.
We are given two scenarios.
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Scenario (i) - Deposit is made during the year:</u></h3>
In this scenario, as some of the year is already passed (assume 6 months), to complete the time period of 3.5 years the interest will compound 3 times (as the 0.5 year payments can be adjusted in the remaining part of the first year and no interest is applied on it). Hence, the interest will be applied 3 times.

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Scenario (ii) - Deposit is made at the beginning of the year:</u></h3>
For this case, the interest will be applied 4 times to complete the time period of 3.5 years for payment.

Answer:
Net cash provided by financing activities $1,195,000
Explanation:
The computation of the net cash provided by financing activities are as follows:
Cash flows from financing activities
Issue bonds $2,090,000
Issue preferred stock $795,000
Less: Purchase of treasury stock -$1,180,000
Less: Dividend paid to preferred stockholders -$510,000
Net cash provided by financing activities $1,195,000
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