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You Are Hurt in a Car Accident and Your Lawyer

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You are hurt in a car accident and your lawyer wins a $100,000 settlement to be distributed as follows:
$20,000 immediate payment
$5,000 a year for ten years
$30,000 after ten years.
If the lawyer's fee is $10,000, what is the net value of this settlement if the interest rate is 6 percent?


Definitions:

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed.

Piaget's Theory

A theory of cognitive development that describes how children's intellect grows through four stages as they learn to understand the world.

Representational Thinking

A cognitive process in which abstract concepts are understood by linking them to concrete experiences or symbols.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed, a concept developed during infancy.

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