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Calculating Rates of Return [LO3]
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 A coin sold at auction in 2017 for $2,897,000. The coin had a face value of $10 when it was issued in 1795 and had previously been sold for $310,000 in 1970.  | 
| a. | 
 At what annual rate did the coin appreciate from its first minting to the 1970 sale? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)  | 
| b. | What annual rate did the 1970 buyer earn on his purchase? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) | 
| c. | At what annual rate did the coin appreciate from its first minting to the 2017 sale? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) | 
| Part a | 
| Annual Rate formula = ((Final value/Initial Value)^(1/number of years)) -1 *100 | 
| Value of coin in 1795 = $10 | 
| Value of coin in 1970 = $310,000 | 
| Numbers of years from 1795 to 1970 = 1970-1795 = 175 | 
| Annual Rate = ((310,000/10)^1/175)) -1 *100 | 
| Annual rate = 6.087673% | 
| Annual rate = 6.09% approx | 
| Part b | 
| The buyer has bought the coin for $310,000 when the coin was minted in 1795. He is selling the coin for $2,897,000 in 2017. | 
| Annual Rate formula = ((Final value/Initial Value)^(1/number of years)) -1 *100 | 
| Value of coin in 1970 = $310,000 | 
| Value of coin in 2017 = $2,897,000 | 
| Numbers of years from 1970 to 2017 = 2017-1970 = 47 | 
| Annual Rate = ((2,897,000/310,000\)^1/175)) -1 *100 | 
| Annual rate = 4.869883% | 
| Annual rate = 4.87% approx | 
| Part c | 
| The coin appreciated from $10 in 1795 to $ 2,897,000 in 2017 | 
| Annual Rate formula = ((Final value/Initial Value)^(1/number of years)) -1 *100 | 
| Value of coin in 1795 = $10 | 
| Value of coin in 2017 = $2,897,000 | 
| Numbers of years from 1795 to 2017 = 2017-1795 = 222 | 
| Annual Rate = ((2,897,000/10)^1/222)) -1 *100 | 
| Annual rate = 5.828678% | 
| Annual rate = 5.83% approx |