Question 10 Congratulations. You are an alumni of both Bellevue College and the University of Washington and have landed a prestigious finance job at Pyramid Planning, Inc. As part of your employment contract, they are hiring you for a term of 5 years paying you twice a year (less accounting overhead), $40,000 semi-annually. In addition, they are paying you a bonus at the end of the 5th year that is worth $100,000 After the first year of work, the company makes changes at the top of the Pyramid. New management has called you into their office. They like your work but are attempting to remove layers of management. They give you the option of having your contract bought out- paying you $300,000 on the spot OR you can continue until your contract expires. Assume that your market rate of interest is 8% per annum. a) How much is your contract worth when you are called into the office? b) Based purely on the financial numbers you produced, which option is best - the buyout or continuing until the end of your contract