Fiona wants to cash in her winning lottery ticket. She can either receive eight $200,000 semiannual payments starting today, based on a 6% annual interest rate, or she can receive a single-amount payment today. What is the single-amount payment she can receive today that would be equivalent to the eight-payment option except that she would not have to wait for years to collect her prize money?

Note: Use tables, Excel, or a financial calculator. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1)

Multiple Choice

• $1,578,800

• $1,403,938

• $1,283,438

• $1,446,056