A rich relative has bequeathed you a growing perpetuity. The first payment will occur in one year

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A rich relative has bequeathed you a growing perpetuity. The first payment will occur in one year and will be $2000. Each year after that, on the anniversary of the last payment you will receive a payment that is 8% larger than the last payment. This pattern of payments will go on forever. If the interest rate is 15% per year,

a. What is today’s value of the bequest?

b. What is the value of the bequest immediately after the first payment is made?

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Corporate Finance The Core

ISBN: 9781292158334

4th Global Edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo

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