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5. Your brother has offered to give you either $5,000 today or $10,000 in 10 years. If
the interest rate is 7% per year, which option is preferable?
6. Consider the following alternatives.
i. $100 received in 1 year
ii. $200 received in 5 years
iii. $300 received in 10 years
a. Rank the alternatives from most valuable to least valuable if the interest rate is
10% per year.
b. What is your ranking if the interest rate is only 5% per year?
c. What is your ranking if the interest rate is 20% per year?
8. Your daughter is currently 8 years old. You anticipate that she will be going to
college in 10 years. You would like to have $100,000 in a savings account to fund her
education at that time. If the account promises to pay a fixed interest rate of 3% per
year, how much money do you need to put into the account today to ensure that you
will have $100,000 in 10 years?
9. You are thinking of retiring. Your retirement plan will pay you either $250,000
immediately on retirement or $350,000 5 years after the date of your retirement.
Which alternative should you choose if the interest rate is
a. 0% per year;
b. 8% per year; and
c. 20% per year?
14. You have been offered a unique investment opportunity. If you invest $10,000
today, you will receive $500 1 year from now, $1,500 2 years from now, and $10,000
10 years from now. a. What is the NPV of the opportunity if the interest rate is 6%
per year? Should you take the opportunity? b. What is the NPV of the opportunity if
the interest rate is 2% per year? Should you take it now?
36. You are thinking of purchasing a house. The house costs $350,000. You have
$50,000 in cash that you can use as a down payment on the house, but you need to
borrow the rest of the purchase price. The bank is offering a 30-year mortgage that
requires annual payments and has an interest rate of 7% per year. What will your
annual payment be if you sign up for this mortgage?
37. You would like to buy the house and take the mortgage described in Problem 36.
You can afford to pay only $23,500 per year. The bank agrees to allow you to pay this
amount each year, yet still borrow $300,000. At the end of the mortgage (in 30
years), you must make a balloon payment; that is, you must repay the remaining
balance on the mortgage. How much will this balloon payment be?
38. You have just made an offer on a new home and are seeking a mortgage. You need
to borrow $600,000. a. The bank offers a 30-year mortgage with fixed monthly
payments and an interest rate of 0.5% per month. What is the amount of your