Chapter 09: Time Value of Money
47. Special consideration of annuities and time periods (LO4) Brittany (from problem 46) is
now 18 years old (five years have passed), and she wants to get married instead of going to
college. Your parents have accumulated the necessary funds for her education.
Instead of her schooling, your parents are paying $10,000 for her current wedding and
plan to take year-end vacations costing $3,000 per year for the next three years.
How much money will your parents have at the end of three years to help you with
graduate school, which you will start then? You plan to work on a master’s and perhaps a
PhD. If graduate school costs $32,600 per year, approximately how long will you be able to
stay in school based on these funds? Use 10 percent as the appropriate interest rate
throughout this problem. (Round all values to whole numbers.
9-47. Solution:
Funds available after the wedding
$95,100 Funding available before the wedding
Less present value of vacation
Appendix D
A IFA
PV A PV (10%, 3 periods)
$3,000 2.487 = $7,461
=
=
$85,100