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Derek decides to buy a new car. The dealership offers him a choice of paying $524.00 per month for 5 years (with the first payment due next month) or paying some amount today. He can borrow money from his bank to buy the car. The bank requires a 5.00% interest rate. What is the most that he would be willing to pay today rather than making the payments?
| we need to compute the present value | ||||
| We have to use financial calculator to solve this | ||||
| put in calculator | ||||
| FV | 0 | |||
| PMT | -524 | |||
| I | 5%/12 | 0.417% | ||
| N | 5*12 | 60 | ||
| Compute PV | $27,767.13 | |||
| Ans = | $27,767.13 |