Find a Formula for the Capital Value of a Perpetuity

question 62

Short Answer

Find a formula for the capital value of a perpetuity involving payments of P dollars paid at the end of each investment period into a fund that earns interest at the annual rate of k% compounded continuously.
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Understand how recursive methods are executed by the computer system.

Apply recursion to solve problems by writing recursive methods, including factorial and power computations.

Distinguish between the concepts of base and recursive cases in a recursive method.

Understand the importance and application of activation records in recursion.

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