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Your friend Jack offers you the opportunity to invest in his new business that sells the best lemonade in the world, or so he says. Jack says that there is a 60% chance that the investment will be worth $200,000 one year from today, and a 40% chance it won’t be worth anything. If you require a risk premium of 8% and T-bills are currently paying 4% per year, what price will you be willing to pay Jack for the investment?
Multiple Choice
$107,142
$111,111
$178,571
$185,186
Expected future value = 200000 * 0.60 + 0 * 0.40
= 120000
Required return on investment = Risk free rate + Required premium
= 4% + 8%
= 12%
Value of investment today = Expected future value / (1 + Required return)
= 120000 / (1 + 0.12)
= 107142
Correct choice A