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71) A company borrows money from the bank by promising to make 6 annual year-end
payments of $27,000 each. How much is the company able to borrow if the interest rate is 9%?
72) A company borrows money from the bank by promising to make 8 semiannual payments of
$9,000 each. How much is the company able to borrow if the interest rate is 10% compounded
semiannually?
6.4632 is the PV factor on the Present Value of an Annuity table; n = 8; i = 10%/2 = 5%
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Present Value of an Annuity
Learning Objective: B-P3 Apply present value concepts to an annuity by using interest tables.
Bloom’s: Understand
AACSB/Accessibility: Analytical Thinking / Keyboard Navigation
AICPA: BB Industry; FN Decision Making
73) When you reach retirement age, you will have one fund of $100,000 from which you are
going to make annual withdrawals of $14,702. The fund will earn 6% per year. For how many
years will you be able to draw an even amount of $14,702?