Thomas is planning for his retirement this year. One option that has been presented to him is the purchase of an annuity that would provide a $43,000 payment each year for the next 10 years. Calculate how much Thomas should be willing to pay for the annuity if he can invest his funds at 7%.

APPENDIX 9.1 Present value of $1 received in n periods. Periods 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 13% 14% 16% 18% 20% 1 2 3 4 5 0.9615 0.9246 0.8890 0.8548 0.8219 0.9524 0.9070 0.8638 0.8227 0.7835 0.9434 0.8900 0.8396 0.7921 0.7473 0.9346 0.8734 0.8163 0.7629 0.7130 0.9259 0.8573 0.7938 0.7350 0.6806 0.9174 0.8417 0.7722 0.7084 0.6499 0.9091 0.8264 0.7513 0.6830 0.6209 0.9009 0.8116 0.7312 0.6587 0.5935 0.8929 0.7972 0.7118 0.6355 0.5674 0.8850 0.7831 0.6931 0.6133 0.5428 0.8772 0.7695 0.6750 0.5921 0.5194 0.8621 0.7432 0.6407 0.5523 0.4761 0.8475 0.7182 0.6086 0.5158 0.4371 0.8333 0.6944 0.5787 0.4823 0.4019 6 7 8 9 10 0.7903 0.7599 0.7307 0.7026 0.6756 0.7462 0.7107 0.6768 0.6446 0.6139 0.7050 0.6651 0.6274 0.5919 0.5584 0.6663 0.6227 0.5820 0.5439 0.5083 0.6302 0.5835 0.5403 0.5002 0.4632 0.5963 0.5470 0.5019 0.4604 0.4224 0.5645 0.5132 0.4665 0.4241 0.3855 0.5346 0.4817 0.4339 0.3909 0.3522 0.5066 0.4523 0.4039 0.3606 0.3220 0.4803 0.4251 0.3762 0.3329 0.2946 0.4556 0.3996 0.3506 0.3075 0.2697 0.4104 0.3538 0.3050 0.2630 0.2267 0.3704 0.3139 0.2660 0.2255 0.1911 0.3349 0.2791 0.2326 0.1938 0.1615 nuBH 11 12 13 14 0.6496 0.6246 0.6006 0.5775 0.5553 0.5847 0.5568 0.5303 0.5051 0.4810 0.5268 0.4970 0.4688 0.4423 0.4173 0.4751 0.4440 0.4150 0.3878 0.3624 0.4289 0.3971 0.3677 0.3405 0.3152 0.3875 0.3555 0.3262 0.2992 0.2745 0.3505 0.3186 0.2897 0.2633 0.2394 0.3173 0.2858 0.2575 0.2320 0.2090 0.2875 0.2567 0.2292 0.2046 0.1827 0.2607 0.2307 0.2042 0.1807 0.1599 0.2366 0.2076 0.1821 0.1597 0.1401 0.1954 0.1685 0.1452 0.1252 0.1079 0.1619 0.1372 0.1163 0.0985 0.0835 0.1346 0.1122 0.0935 0.0779 0.0649 15 16 17 18 19 20 0.5339 0.5134 0.4936 0.4746 0.4564 $1 0.4581 0.4363 0.4155 0.3957 0.3769 0.3936 0.3714 0.3503 0.3305 0.3118 0.3387 0.3166 0.2959 0.2765 0.2584 0.2919 0.2703 0.2502 0.2317 0.2145 0.2519 0.2311 0.2120 0.1945 0.1784 0.2176 0.1978 0.1799 0.1635 0.1486 0.1883 0.1696 0.1528 0.1377 0.1240 0.1631 0.1456 0.1300 0.1161 0.1037 0.1415 0.1252 0.1108 0.0981 0.0868 0.1229 0.1078 0.0946 0.0829 0.0728 0.0930 0.0802 0.0691 0.0596 0.0514 0.0708 0.0600 0.0508 0.0431 0.0365 0.0541 0.0451 0.0376 0.0313 0.0261 PVn, i = (1 + i)" APPENDIX 9.2 Present value of an annuity of $1 per period. Periods 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 13% 14% 16% 18% 20% 1 2 3 0.9615 1.8861 2.7751 3.6299 4.4518 0.9524 1.8594 2.7232 3.5460 4.3295 0.9434 1.8334 2.6730 3.4651 4.2124 0.9346 1.8080 2.6243 3.3872 4.1002 0.9259 1.7833 2.5771 3.3121 3.9927 0.9174 1.7591 2.5313 3.2397 3.8897 0.9091 1.7355 2.4868 3.1698 3.7907 0.9009 1.7125 2.4437 3.1024 3.6959 0.8929 1.6901 2.4018 3.0373 3.6048 0.8850 1.6681 2.3612 2.9745 3.5172 0.8772 1.6467 2.3216 2.9137 3.4331 0.8621 1.6052 2.2459 2.7982 3.2743 0.8475 1.5656 2.1743 2.6901 3.1272 0.8333 1.5278 2.1065 2.5887 2.9906 4 5 6 Ora 8 9 10 5.2421 6.0021 6.7327 7.4353 8.1109 5.0757 5.7864 6.4632 7.1078 7.7217 4.9173 5.5824 6.2098 6.8017 7.3601 4.7665 5.3893 5.9713 6.5152 7.0236 4.6229 5.2064 5.7466 6.2469 6.7101 4.4859 5.0330 5.5348 5.9952 6.4177 4.3553 4.8684 5.3349 5.7590 6.1446 4.2305 4.7122 5.1461 5.5370 5.8892 4.1114 4.5638 4.9676 5.3282 5.6502 3.9975 4.4226 4.7988 5.1317 5.4262 3.8887 4.2883 4.6389 4.9464 5.2161 3.6847 4.0386 4.3436 4.6065 4.8332 3.4976 3.8115 4.0776 4.3030 4.4941 3.3255 3.6046 3.8372 4.0310 4.1925 11 12 13 14 15 8.7605 9.3851 9.9856 10.5631 11.1184 8.3064 8.8633 9.3936 9.8986 10.3797 7.8869 8.3838 8.8527 9.2950 9.7122 7.4987 7.9427 8.3577 8.7455 9.1079 7.1390 7.5361 7.9038 8.2442 8.5595 6.8052 7.1607 7.4869 7.7862 8.0607 6.4951 6.8137 7.1034 7.3667 7.6061 6.2065 6.4924 6.7499 6.9819 7.1909 5.9377 6.1944 6.4235 6.6282 6.8109 5.6869 5.9176 6.1218 6.3025 6.4624 5.4527 5.6603 5.8424 6.0021 6.1422 5.0286 5.1971 5.3423 5.4675 5.5755 4.6560 4.7932 4.9095 5.0081 5.0916 4.3271 4.4392 4.5327 4.6106 4.6755 16 11.6523 10.8378 10.1059 17 12.1657 11.2741 10.4773 18 12.6593 11.6896 10.8276 19 13.1339 12.0853 11.1581 20 13.5903 12.4622 11.4699 1 $1 (1 + i)" PVAni = i 9.4466 9.7632 10.0591 10.3356 10.5940 8.8514 9.1216 9.3719 9.6036 9.8181 8.3126 8.5436 8.7556 8.9501 9.1285 7.8237 8.0216 8.2014 8.3649 8.5136 7.3792 7.5488 7.7016 7.8393 7.9633 6.9740 7.1196 7.2497 7.3658 7.4694 6.6039 6.7291 6.8399 6.9380 7.0248 6.2651 6.3729 6.4674 6.5504 6.6231 5.6685 5.7487 5.8178 5.8775 5.9288 5.1624 5.2223 5.2732 5.3162 5.3527 4.7296 4.7746 4.8122 4.8435 4.8696