Use the Present Value of $1 table (Appendix B, Table B-1) to determine the present value of

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Use the Present Value of $1 table (Appendix B, Table B-1) to determine the present value of $1 received one year from now. Assume an 8% interest rate. Use the same table to find the present value of $1 received two years from now. Continue this process for a total of five years.
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1. What is the total present value of the cash flows received over the five-year period?
2. Could you characterize this stream of cash flows as an annuity? Why or why not?
3. Use the Present Value of Annuity of $1 table (Appendix B, Table B-2) to determine the present value of the same stream of cash flows. Compare your results to your answer to Requirement 1.
4. Explain your findings.

Annuity
An annuity is a series of equal payment made at equal intervals during a period of time. In other words annuity is a contract between insurer and insurance company in which insurer make a lump-sum payment or a series of payment and, in return,...
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Financial and Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0132497978

3rd Edition

Authors: Horngren, Harrison, Oliver

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