A debtor owing payments of $$750$ due today, $$1,000$ due in $2$ years, and $$1,250$ due in $4$ years requests a payout figure to settle all three obligations by means of a single economically equivalent payment $18$ months from now. What is that amount, if the payee can earn $9\mathrm{.}5\%$ compounded semiannually? $($Do not round your intermediate calculations and round your final answer to the nearest cent.$)$

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