Time value - Jim Nance has been offered an investment that will pay him $400 four years from today.

a. If his opportunity cost is 6% compounded annually, what value should he place

on this opportunity today?

b. What is the most he should pay to purchase this payment today?

c. If Jim can purchase this investment for less than the amount calculated in

part a, what does that imply about the rate of return that he will earn on the

investment?