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You Have Been Given a Choice Between Two Retirement Policies

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You have been given a choice between two retirement policies as described below.
Policy A: You will receive equal annual payments of $10,000 beginning 35 years from now for 10 years.
Policy B: You will receive one lump-sum of $100,000 in 40 years from now.
Which policy would you choose? Assume rate of interest is 6 percent.


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