An investment that costs $5,000 will produce annual cash flows of $2,000 for a period of 4 years. Given a desired rate of return of 8%, what is the present value index? Use Appendix Table 2. (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to three decimal points.)
a. 1.600
b. 0.755
c. 2.500
d. 1.325
TABLE 2 PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF $1 n 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 16% 20% 1 0.961538 0.952381 0.943396 0.934579 0.925926 0.917431 0.909091 0.892857 0.877193 0.862069 0.833333 2 1.886095 1.859410 1.833393 1.808018 1.783265 1.759111 1.735537 1.690051 1.646661 1.605232 1.527778 3 2.775091 2.723248 2.673012 2.624316 2.577097 2.531295 2.486852 2.401831 2.321632 2.245890 2.106481 4 3.629895 3.545951 3.465106 3.387211 3.312127 3.239720 3.169865 3.0373492.913712 2.798181 2.588735 5 4.451822 4.329477 4.212364 4.100197 3.992710 3.889651 3.790787 3.604776 3.433081 3.274294 2.990612 6 5.242137 5.075692 4.917324 4.766540 4.622880 4.4859194.355261 4.111407 3.888668 3.684736 3.325510 7 6.002055 5.786373 5.582381 5.389289 5.206370 5.032953 4.868419 4.563757 4.288305 4.038565 3.604592 6.732745 6.463213 6.209794 5.971299 5.746639 5.534819 5.334926 4.967640 4.638864 4.343591 3.837160 9 7.435332 7107822 6.801692 6.515232 6.246888 5.995247 5.759024 5.328250 4.946372 4.606544 4.030967 8.110896 7.721735 7.360087 7023582 6.710081 6.417658 6.144567 5.650223 5.216116 4.833227 4.192472 8.760477 8.306414 7.886875 7.498674 7.138964 6.805191 6.495061 5.937699 5.452733 5.028644 4.327060 12 9.385074 8.863252 8.383844 7.942686 7.536078 7.160725 6.813692 6.194374 5.660292 5.197107 4.439217 13 9.985648 9.393573 8.852683 8.357651 7.903776 7.486904 7103356 6.423548 5.842362 5.342334 4.532681 14 10.563123 9.898641 9.294984 8.745468 8.244237 7.786150 7.366687 6.628168 6.002072 5.467529 4.610567 15 11.118387 10.379658 9.7122499.107914 8.559479 8.060688 7.606080 6.810864 6.142168 5.575456 4.675473 16 11.652296 10.837770 10.105895 9.4466498.851369 8.312558 7.8237096.973986 6.265060 5.668497 4.729561 17 12.165669 11.274066 10.477260 9.763223 9.121638 8.543631 8.021553 7119630 6.372859 5.748704 4.774634 18 12.659297 11.689587 10.827603 10.059087 9.371887 8.755625 8.201412 7.249670 6.467420 5.817848 4.812195 1913.133939 12.085321 11.158116 10.335595 9.6035998.905115 8.364920 7.365777 6.550369 5.877455 4.843496 20 13.590326 12.462210 11.469921 10.594014 9.818147 9.128546 8.513564 7.469444 6.623131 5.928841 4.869580
