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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. Money has value because with it one can acquire assets and services and discharge obligations.
The holding, borrowing or lending of money can result in costs or earnings. And the longer the
time period involved, the greater the costs or the earnings. The cost or earning of money as a
2. Some situations in which present value measures are used in accounting include:
(a) Notes receivable and payable—these involve single sums (the face amounts) and may
involve annuities, if there are periodic interest payments.
(b) Leases—involve measurement of assets and obligations, which are based on the present value
3. Interest is the payment for the use of money. It may represent a cost or earnings depending upon
whether the money is being borrowed or loaned. The earning or incurring of interest is a function
4. The interest rate generally has three components:
(a) Pure rate of interest—This would be the amount a lender would charge if there were no
possibilities of default and no expectation of inflation.
(b) Expected inflation rate of interest—Lenders recognize that in an inflationary economy, they
5. (a) Present value of an ordinary annuity at 8% for 10 periods (Table 6-4).
(b) Future value of 1 at 8% for 10 periods (Table 6-1).
(c) Present value of 1 at 8% for 10 periods (Table 6-2).
(d) Future value of an ordinary annuity at 8% for 10 periods (Table 6-3).