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You expect to receive $9,000 at graduation in 2 years. You plan on investing this money at 10 percent until you have $60,000. How many years will it be until this occurs?

Which one of the following compounding periods will yield the smallest present value given a stated future value and annual percentage rate?

annual

semi-annual

monthly

daily

continuous

Your grandmother is gifting you $125 a month for four years while you attend college to earn your bachelor's degree. At a 6.5 percent discount rate, what are these payments worth to you on the day you enter college?

Phil can afford $200 a month for 5 years for a car loan. If the interest rate is 7.5 percent, how much can he afford to borrow to purchase a car?

Your employer contributes $50 a week to your retirement plan. Assume that you work for your employer for another 20 years and that the applicable discount rate is 9 percent. Given these assumptions, what is this employee benefit worth to you today?

On June 1, you borrowed $220,000 to buy a house. The mortgage rate is 8.25 percent. The loan is to be repaid in equal monthly payments over 15 years. The first payment is due on July 1. How much of the second payment applies to the principal balance? (Assume that each month is equal to 1/12 of a year.)

First Century Bank wants to earn an effective annual return on its consumer loans of 10 percent per year. The bank uses daily compounding on its loans. By law, what interest rate is the bank required to report to potential borrowers?

You want to buy a new sports coupe for $41,750, and the finance office at the dealership has quoted you an 8.6 percent APR loan compounded monthly for 48 months to buy the car. What is the effective interest rate on this loan?

Beginning three months from now, you want to be able to withdraw $1,700 each quarter from your bank account to cover college expenses over the next 4 years. The account pays 1.25 percent interest per quarter. How much do you need to have in your account today to meet your expense needs over the next 4 years?

You are planning to save for retirement over the next 15 years. To do this, you will invest $1,100 a month in a stock account and $500 a month in a bond account. The return on the stock account is expected to be 7 percent, and the bond account will pay 4 percent. When you retire, you will combine your money into an account with a 5 percent return. How much can you withdraw each month during retirement assuming a 20-year withdrawal period?

You want to be a millionaire when you retire in 40 years. You can earn A 12.5 percent annual return. How much more will you have to save each month if you wait 10 years to start saving versus if you start saving at the end of this month?

You have just won the lottery and will receive $540,000 as your first payment one year from now. You will receive payments for 26 years. The payments will increase in value by 4 percent each year. The appropriate discount rate is 10 percent. What is the present value of your winnings?

You are preparing to make monthly payments of $72, beginning at the end of this month, into an account that pays 6 percent interest compounded monthly. How many payments will you have made when your account balance reaches $9,312?

You want to borrow $47,170 from your local bank to buy a new sailboat. You can afford to make monthly payments of $1,160, but no more. Assume monthly compounding. What is the highest rate you can afford on a 48-month APR loan?

You need a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage to buy a new home for $240,000. Your mortgage bank will lend you the money at a 7.5 percent APR for this 360-month loan, with interest compounded monthly. However, you can only afford monthly payments of $850, so you offer to pay off any remaining loan balance at the end of the loan in the form of a single balloon payment. What will be the amount of the balloon payment if you are to keep your monthly payments at $850?