Use the Present Value and Future Value Tables Included in Appendix

question 64

Multiple Choice

Use the present value and future value tables included in Appendix 8 and on the textbook companion website.
- Assuming an annual interest rate of 10 percent, what factor from the tables would be used to calculate the present value of a specified payment to be received nine years from today?

• A) 0.4241
• B) 0.4224
• C) 2.3579
• D) 2.3674

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