How much would you loan your brother-in-law if he said he could repay you $100 in six months, $200 in a year, and $500 in two years if you can get 2 percent interest from the bank on a six month CD? Show that you are in fact indifferent between the loan and putting your money in the bank for the next two years.

What is the present value of an asset that pays $10,000 per year at the end of the next four years if the appropriate discount rate is 5 percent? What total return would you earn if you bought this asset and it paid its expected cash flows on time each year for the next four years? Prove that you earned the same return that you would have, had you put your money in the bank for four years at 5 percent per year.

What is the net present value of a project that has upfront costs of $5 million and pays end of the year cash flows of $1 million in one year, $2 million in two years, and $3 million in three years if the annual discount rate for the project is 3 percent? Show how much money you would have at the end of three years if you bought the project and what you would have instead if you banked your $5 million for three years at 3 percent.