(Ignore Income Taxes in This Problem

question 5

Multiple Choice

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Henry wants to send his son to computer school which will start one year from today. Payments of $2,000 are due at the end of each of the next two years. What lump-sum will Henry have to invest now at 12% per year in order to have $2,000 at the end of each of the next two years?

• A) $4,240
• B) $3,380
• C) $1,594
• D) $2,508

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Definitions:

Arithmetic Mean

A measure of central tendency calculated by summing all the scores and dividing by the number of scores. See Mean.

Mode

The number that occurs most often in a collection of data.

Weighted Mean

An average in which each data point contributes to the final mean with a weight that reflects its importance or frequency.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution, with the mean, median, and mode being common examples.