You have just won the state lottery and have two choices for collecting your winnings. You can collect $105,000 today or receive $20,700 at the end of each year for the next seven years. A financial analyst has told you that you can earn 9 percent on your investments.

Required:

Calculate the present value of both the options (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, and PVA of $1)

Note: Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.

Which alternative should you select?