7. An investment offers $10,000 at the end of each year for
ten years. (a) If you can earn 5 percent annually, what is
this investment worth today? (b) If you do not spend the
annual payment but invest it at 5 percent, how much will
you have after the ten years have lapsed?
8. AIR National’s capacity is 120 passengers per flight. It
currently carries 74 passengers per flight. Growth in
passengers is expected to be 6 percent annually. New plans
will have to be ordered when the company is carrying 90
percent of capacity. How long will it be before the firm
must order new planes?
9. A firm currently earns $1.00 per share. A financial
analyst believes that earnings will grow annually at the
rate of 10 percent for five years and then decline to 5
percent. What are the expected earnings after ten years?
10. Worker A annually invests $1,000 in an IRA for nine
years (ages 27 through 35) and never makes another
contribution. Worker B annually invests $1,000 in an IRA
for thirty years (ages 36 through 65). Which worker will
have more in his or her account when he or she retires if
they both earn 8 percent on their investments?
11. A piece of rental property will generate $10,000 a year
for five years, $12,000 for the next five years, and then
be sold at the end of the tenth year for $100,000. If you
can earn 10 percent on your funds, what is the maximum you
should pay for the property?
12. You are hurt in a car accident and your lawyer wins a
$100,000 settlement to be distributed as follows:
$20,000 immediate payment
$5,000 a year for ten years
$30,000 after ten years.
If the lawyer’s fee is $10,000, what is the value of this
settlement if the interest rate is 6 percent?
13. Your brother, who is prone to bearing substantial risk,
suggests that you buy a security for $10,000 that promises
to pay you $100,000 at the end of 15 years. What is the
implied annual return or yield on this investment?