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During four years of college, twins Molly and Marty each expect to receive gifts from grandparents at $1000, $2000, $3000, and $4000 for Year 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. Each twin plans to save all of the funds in a money market fund expected to return 2% per year. What is the NPV (net present value) of the planned gifts for each twin?
Ans $ 9425.08
Year | Project Cash Flows (i) | DF@ 2% | DF@ 2% (ii) | PV of Project ( (i) * (ii) ) |
1 | 1000 | 1/((1+2%)^1) | 0.980392 | 980.39 |
2 | 2000 | 1/((1+2%)^2) | 0.961169 | 1,922.34 |
3 | 3000 | 1/((1+2%)^3) | 0.942322 | 2,826.97 |
4 | 4000 | 1/((1+2%)^4) | 0.923845 | 3,695.38 |
NPV | 9,425.08 |