Using the compound interest tables, answer each of the following questions.
Required:
a.Assuming that $100,000 to be paid at the end of ten years has a present value today of $50,834.90, what interest rate compounded annually is used in the calculation of the present value?b.What amount must be deposited today if $200,000 is to be accumulated six years from today, and interest at 12% is compounded semiannually?

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a.

?i =7.0%

   
b.

PV

= FV× (fn = 12, i = 6%)
  = $200,000.00 × 0.496969
  = $ 99,394.

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