Calculate Answers to the Following Scenarios

question 8

Essay

Calculate answers to the following scenarios.
a.Jackson Company purchased machinery by executing a $50,000 non-interest-bearing note due in four years.Assuming the going rate for similar notes is 6 percent and using the appropriate present value table,for how much should the machinery be recorded?
b.Wendy Kwon is making bank deposits of $3,000 at the beginning of each year for three years for purposes of buying a car.Assuming an interest rate of 7 percent compounded annually,how much will she have saved for the purchase at the end of year 3? (Calculate manually and round to the nearest dollar. )
c.Ashton Jones would like to make a lump-sum deposit today so that he can withdraw $15,000 at the end of each year for the next three years.Assuming a 9 percent interest rate and using the appropriate present value table,what should she invest today?

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