If Nicolai Earns an 12 Percent After-Tax Rate of Return

question 34

Multiple Choice

If Nicolai earns an 12 percent after-tax rate of return, $15,000 today would be worth how much to Nicolai in five years? Use future value of $1. (Round discount factor(s) to four decimal places.)

• A)$15,000
• B)$8,519
• C)$13,394
• D)$16,800
• E)None of the choices are correct.

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