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You want to create an endowment to fund a football scholarship, which pays $20,000 per year, forever, how much money must be set aside today if the rate of interest is 4.7%?
| a. | 
 $682,477  | 
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| b. | 
 $517,698  | 
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| c. | 
 $1,000,000  | 
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| d. | 
 $736,857  | 
|
| e. | 
 $425,532  | 
Information provided:
Annual payment= $20,000
Interest rate= 4.7%
The question is solved by computing the present value of perpetuity.
Present value of the perpetuity payment each year= annual payment/discount rate
= $20,000/ 0.047
                                                                                                
= $425,531.9149
  $425,532.
Hence, the answer is option e.
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