You will receive $6,800 three years from now. The discount rate is 10 percent. a. What is

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You will receive $6,800 three years from now. The discount rate is 10 percent.


a. What is the value of your investment two years from now? Multiply $6,800 by  or divide by 1.10 (one year’s discount rate at 10 percent).

b. What is the value of your investment one year from now? Multiply your answer to part a by .

c. What is the value of your investment today? Multiply the part b answer by 

d. Use the formula  to find the present value of $6,800 received three years from now at 10 percent interest. 

Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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Foundations of Financial Management

ISBN: 978-1259277160

16th edition

Authors: Stanley Block, Geoffrey Hirt, Bartley Danielsen

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