Bridget Jones has a contract in which she will receive the following payments for the next five years: $9,000, $10,000, $11,000, $12,000, and $13,000. She will then receive an annuity of $15,000 a year from the end of the 6th through the end of the 15th year. The appropriate discount rate is 9 percent.

a. What is the present value of all future payments? Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

If she is offered $106,000 to cancel the contract, should she do it? No

Yes