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

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following decisions would involve the use of the present 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 4 years hence.
• 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:

Inferential Techniques

Statistical methods used to draw conclusions or inferences about characteristics of populations based on data obtained from a sample.

Estimates

Approximations or predictions based on statistical data or models, often used to predict future events or understand past occurrences.

Conclusions

The judgments or decisions reached by reasoning, often seen as the end result of a research study or analysis.

Confidence Intervals

A collection of values, obtained through sample analysis, which is thought to include the value of an undetermined population variable.