A Record Collector Has Agreed to Sell Her Entire Collection

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Short Answer

A record collector has agreed to sell her entire collection to a historical museum in three years at a price of $100,000.Assume that an appropriate discount rate is 7 percent.At what price should she value her collection today?

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