Imagine that someone offers you $X today or $1,500 in 5 years. If the interest rate is 4 percent, then you would prefer to take the $X today if and only if

a. X > 1,055.56.
b. X > 1,120.89.
c. X > 1,232.89.
d. X > 1,338.26.


c

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