Which of the Following Decisions Would Involve the Use of the Future

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following decisions would involve the use of the future value of a $1 ordinary annuity table?

• A) Your brother buys your car and offers to pay you $500 now or $1,500 in two years.
• B) You win a lawsuit and are offered a lump-sum payment today of $100,000 or $15,000 a year for 20 years.
• C) Your father and mother wish to deposit enough money on the date of your high school graduation to enable you to take a cruise that will cost $7,000 when you graduate from college in 4 years.
• D) You want to have $1,000,000 in order to retire at age 55, but need to know how much you will need to deposit each year from now until your 55th birthday.

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Definitions:

Series Connection

A method of connecting electrical components end-to-end, so the same current flows through each component.

Total Capacitance

The sum of individual capacitances in a circuit when connected in parallel, reducing when capacitors are in series, affecting the circuit's ability to store charge.

μ F

Microfarads, a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad.

Parallel Connection

A way of connecting electrical components in a circuit so that each component is directly connected to the voltage source, and the current can flow along multiple pathways.