PLEASE only answer ONE question out of the 4. Whichever one you think is easy.

Question 1. Suppose you have $850 and plan to purchase a 5-year certificate of deposit (CD) that pays 3.5% interest, compounded annually. How much will you have when the CD matures? 1. Write down the equation that you need to use to solve this problem. Next, plug in all the given information. 2. Solve the problem and give the result. (If you use an online calculator, give the link) Question 2.What is the present value of a security that will pay $20,000 in 10 years if securities of equal risk pay 4% annually? Question 3. What is the FV of $1000 after 3 years under 8% semiannual compounding? Quarterly compounding? (Hint: Check lecture for a similar problem) Question 4. XYZ Inc.'s manager believes that economic conditions during the next year will be strong, normal, or weak, and she thinks that the firm's returns will have the probability distribution shown below. What is the expected return? What are the variance and standard deviation of the estimated returns? Show the calculations. Economic Conditions Probability Return Strong 30% 40.0% Normal 40% 10.0% Weak 30% -16.0% Expected return= Variance= Standard deviation=