Want to win a million dollars? Here's how.... One winner, chosen at random from all entries, will

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"Want to win a million dollars? Here's how.... One winner, chosen at random from all entries, will win a $1,000,000 annuity." That was the statement announcing a contest on the World Wide Web. The contest rules described the "million-dollar prize" in greater detail: "40 annual payments of $25,000 each, which will result in a total payment of $1,000,000. The first payment will be made January 1; subsequent payments will be made each January thereafter." Using a compound annual interest rate of 8 percent, what is the present value of this "million-dollar prize" as of the first installment on January 1?
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Fundamentals Of Financial Management

ISBN: 9780273713630

13th Revised Edition

Authors: James Van Horne, John Wachowicz

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