An Accounting Student in Her First Year of College Who

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Short Answer

An accounting student in her first year of college who is working on a 4-year degree receives from her parents $200 in her first year. As an incentive to encourage her to graduate, they promise that in the second year she will receive double the amount of the first year, and in the third year she will receive double the amount of the second year. In her fourth year, she will receive $1,000. If she invests her yearly gifts at a rate of 4% as she receives them, compare the value of the investment after five years with the value of the gift (present value). What is the investment loss if the gift is not invested?
Future Value of $1
Future Value of Annuity of $1

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Definitions:

Standard Quantifier

A logical operator that specifies the quantity of specimens in the domain of discourse that satisfy a given condition.

Some

An unspecified amount or number of people or things.

Non-categorical

Relating to statements or propositions that do not fit into the standard categorical framework of logic, often not expressing a straightforward assertion about sets and their members.

Proposition

An expression that conveys a judgment or opinion.