Consider the accompanying cash flow diagram, which represents three different interest rates applicable over the five-year time span shown.
(a) Calculate the equivalent amount P at the present time.
(b) Calculate the single-payment equivalent to F at n = 5.
(c) Calculate the equivalent equal-payment series cash flow A that runs from n = 1 to n = 5.

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