5 10 points eBook Ask Print You've just joined the investment banking firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe. They've offered you two different salary arrangements. You can have $8,500 per month for the next three years, or you can have $7,200 per month for the next three years, along with a $38,500 signing bonus today. Assume the interest rate is 8 percent compounded monthly. a. If you take the first option, $8,500 per month for three years, what is the present value? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the present value of the second option? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Value of first option b. Value of second option a.

You've just joined the investment banking firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe. They've offered you two different salary arrangements. You can have $8,500 per month for the next three years, or you can have $7,200 per month for the next three years, along with a $38,500 signing bonus today. Assume the interest rate is 8 percent compounded monthly. a. If you take the first option, $8,500 per month for three years, what is the present value? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the present value of the second option? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)