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The present value of $200 due in 2 years at a discount rate of 7.5%.
| Present Value of future value of money is calculated as follows: | ||||||
| Present Value | = | Future Value | * | Discount factor | ||
| = | $200.00 | * | 0.865332612 | |||
| = | $173.07 | |||||
| Working: | ||||||
| Discount factor | = | (1+i)^-n | Where, | |||
| = | (1+0.075)^-2 | i | = | 0.0750 | ||
| = | 0.865332612 | n | = | 2 | ||
| Alternatively, | ||||||
| Present Value | =-PV(rate,nper,pmt,fv) | Where, | ||||
| = $173.07 | rate | = | 0.0750 | |||
| nper | = | 2 | ||||
| pmt | = | 0 | ||||
| fv | = | $200.00 |