Tommy John is going to receive $210,000 in three years. The current market rate of interest is 7%.

a. Using the present value of $1 table in Exhibit 8, determine the present value of this amount compounded annually. Round to the nearest whole dollar. $______

b. Why is the present value less than the $210,000 to be received in the future? The present value is less due to (deflation/inflation/the compounding of interest?) over the 3 years.

Present Value of $1 at Compound Interest EXHIBIT 8 4% 5% 572% 7% 13% Periods 1 2 3 0.88496 0.78315 0.69305 4 5 0.96154 0.92456 0.88900 0.85480 0.82193 0.79031 0.75992 0.73069 0.70259 0.67556 472% 0.95694 0.91573 0.87630 0.83856 0.80245 0.76790 0.73483 0.70319 0.67290 0.64393 0.95238 0.90703 0.86384 0.82270 0.78353 0.74622 0.71068 0.67684 0.64461 0.61391 0.94787 0.89845 0.85161 0.80722 0.76513 0.72525 0.68744 0.65160 0.61763 0.58543 6% 0.94340 0.89000 0.83962 0.79209 0.74726 0.70496 0.66506 0.62741 0.59190 0.55839 672% 0.93897 0.88166 0.82785 0.77732 0.72988 0.68533 0.64351 0.60423 0.56735 0.53273 0.93458 0.87344 0.81630 0.76290 0.71299 0.66634 0.62275 0.58201 0.54393 0.50835 10% 0.90909 0.82645 0.75131 0.68301 0.62092 0.56447 0.51316 0.46651 0.42410 0.38554 11% 0.90090 0.81162 0.73119 0.65873 0.59345 0.53464 0.48166 0.43393 0.39092 0.35218 12% 0.89286 0.79719 0.71178 0.63552 0.56743 0.50663 0.45235 0.40388 0.36061 0.32197 6 7 0.61332 0.54276 0.48032 0.42506 0.37616 0.33288 0.29459 8 9 10