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Your friend offers to pay you an annuity of $8,500 at the end of each year for 3 years in return for cash today. You could earn 5.5% on your money in other investments with equal risk. What is the most you should pay for the annuity?
Present value of annuity=Annuity[1-(1+interest rate)^-time period]/rate
=8500[1-(1.055)^-3]/0.055
=8500*2.69793338
which is equal to
=$22932.43(Approx)