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Suppose you win the Publishers Clearinghouse $15 million sweepstakes. The money is paid in equal annual...

Suppose you win the Publishers Clearinghouse $15 million sweepstakes. The money is paid in equal annual installments of $600,000 over 25 years.  Assume the appropriate discount rate is 6%, how much is the sweepstakes actually worth today?

A.

4.67m
B.

5.67m
C.

6.67m
D.

7.67m
E.

8.67m

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Solution:-

Annuity PV factor (end of the year) = P * [1-(1+r)-n] / r

Given,

Principal = $600,000

rate = 6% or 0.06

n = 25

Present value of Annuity = $600,000 * [1-(1+0.06)-25] / 0.06

= $600,000 * [1-(1.06)-25] / 0.06

= $600,000 * 0.767001 / 0.06

= $600,000 * 12.7833561

= $7,670,013.66 or $7.67 million approx

Therefore the sweepstakes actually worth today is $7.67 million which is option D.

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