Scheduled Payments of $3,000 Due Today and $2,000 Due in 15

question 179

Short Answer

Scheduled payments of $3,000 due today and $2,000 due in 15 months are to be replaced by two payments-$1,500 due in 15 months and a second payment of undetermined size due in 24 months. What must the second payment be for the two streams to be economically equivalent? Assume that money can earn 6% compounded quarterly.

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