Your Company Must Make Payments of $100,000 Each Year for 10

question 93

Multiple Choice

Your company must make payments of $100,000 each year for 10 years,with the first payment to be made 10 years from today.To prepare for these payments,your company must make 10 equal annual deposits into an account which pays a simple interest rate of 7 percent,daily compounding (360-day year) .Funds will remain in the account during both the accumulation period (the first 10 years) and the distribution period (the last 10 years) ,and the same interest rate will be earned throughout the entire 20 years.The first deposit will be made immediately.How large must each deposit be?

• A) $47,821.11
• B) $49,661.86
• C) $51,234.67
• D) $52,497.33
• E) $53,262.39

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The added financial burden of producing another unit of a product or service.

Efficient Price

The price at which the supply of a good matches its demand, leading to an optimal distribution of resources in a market.

Consumer Surplus

Consumer surplus represents the discrepancy between what consumers are prepared and capable of spending for a product or service and the actual amount they end up paying.

Artificially Scarce Goods

Products or services whose availability is limited by the seller to increase demand or price, rather than by natural scarcity.