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You have been offered the opportunity to invest in a project that will pay $4,155 per year at the end of years one through three and $8,519 per year at the end of years four and five. These cash flows will be placed in a saving account that pays 18.89 percent per year. What is the future value of this cash flow pattern at the end of year five?
Year | Cash flow | Future value of 1 | Future value of cash flow |
a | b | c=1.1889^(5-a) | d=b*c |
1 | $ 4,155 | 1.99793 | $ 8,301.42 |
2 | $ 4,155 | 1.68049 | $ 6,982.44 |
3 | $ 4,155 | 1.41348 | $ 5,873.02 |
4 | $ 8,519 | 1.18890 | $ 10,128.24 |
5 | $ 8,519 | 1.00000 | $ 8,519.00 |
Total | $ 39,804.12 | ||
Working: | |||
"a" denotes year in column "c". | |||
For understanding future value of 1 in column "c": | |||
Future value of cash flow of 1 of year 1 at the end of year 5 | = | 1.1889^(5-a) | |
= | 1.1889^(5-1) | ||
= | 1.1889^4 | ||
= | 1.99793 | ||
Similarly, future value of cash flows of all years are calculated. |