Business Finance Problems Chapter 7 Mixed

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1.

An employer offers to start a pension plan like a 401(k) for a 45-year-old


employee. The plan is to place $1,000 at the end of each year in an account that
earns 6 percent annually. The employee wants to know how much will be in the
account by retirement at age 65.

2. The same employer decides to place a lump sum in an account that earns 6
percent and to draw on the account to make the annual payments of $1, 000.
After 20 years all the funds in the account will be depleted. How much must be
deposited initially in the account?

3. You buy a stock for $10 and expect its price to increase 9% annually. After 10
years, you plan to sell the stock. What is your anticipated sale price?

4. You sell stock for $23.67 that was held for 10 years. You earned a return of 9%.
What was the original cost of the stock?

5. You bought a stock for $10 held it for 10 years and then sold it for $23.67. What
was the return on this investment?

6. An investment pays $50 per year for 10 years. If you can earn 6% how much is
this investment worth?

7. An investment pays $1,000 after 10 years. If you can earn 6% how much is this
investment worth?

8. An investment pays $50 per year for 10 years after which $1,000 is returned to
the investor. If you can earn 6% how much is this investment worth?

9. You purchase a home for $100,000 make a down payment of $20,000 and
borrow the balance $80,000. The mortgage loan is for 25 years and the rate of
interest is 8%. What is the annual payment required by this loan?

10. Your 85 year old Aunt Bea has to enter a nursing home that charges $96,000 a
year. You have power of attorney and sell her home for $470,000. Excluding any
other sources of income and any other expenses how long will her money last if
you are able to earn 8% annually?
11. A firm has only $10,000 to invest and must choose between two projects.
Project A returns $12,400 after a year while project B pays $15,609 after three
years. If management wants to select the investment with the higher return,
which alternative should be chosen?

12. How much additional interest will you earn on $1,000 at 10 percent for 10 years if
interest is compounded semi-annually instead of annually?

13. An apartment will generate $12,000 a year for 5 years, after which you expect to
sell the property for $100,000. What is the maximum you should pay for the
property if your cost of money is 10%?

14. Your mother is planning to retire this year. Her firm has offered her a lump sum
retirement payment of $75,000 or a $8,000 lifetime ordinary annuity-whichever
she chooses. Your mother is in reasonably good health and expects to live for at
least 20 more years. Which option should she choose, assuming that an 6
percent annual interest rate is appropriate to evaluate the annuity?

15. You invest $5,000 in the bank for 10 years and it pays 7% interest, which is
compounded annually.
 How much interest will you earn if the investment is an ordinary annuity?
 How much interest will you earn if the investment is an annuity due?
 Why are the answers different?

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