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Given a 14 percent interest rate, compute the present value of deposits made in in the amount of $1,000 in year 1, $1,385 in year 2, $1,270 in year 3, and $1,450 in year 4.
Year | Cash flow | Discount factor | Present Value | |
a | b | c=1.14^-a | d=b*c | |
1 | $ 1,000 | 0.8772 | $ 877.19 | |
2 | 1,385 | 0.7695 | 1,065.71 | |
3 | 1,270 | 0.6750 | 857.21 | |
4 | 1,450 | 0.5921 | 858.52 | |
Total | 3,658.64 | |||
Thus, | ||||
Present value of deposits | $ 3,658.64 | |||