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When Alfred Nobel died, he left the majority of his estate to fund five prizes, each to be awarded annually in perpetuity starting one year after he died. (The sixth one, in economics, was added later.)
a. If he wanted the cash award of each of the five prizes to be
$35 comma 000
and his estate could earn
88%
per year, how much would he need to fund his prizes?
b. If he wanted the value of each prize to grow by
44%
per year (perhaps to keep up with inflation), how much would he need to leave? Assume that the first amount was still
$35 comma 000.
c. His heirs were surprised by his will and fought it. If they had been able to keep the amount of money you calculated in b and had invested it at
88%
per year, how much would they have in
20152
119
years after he died
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