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An insurance agent called your folks and offered them
an opportunity to purchase an annuity for $8,531.03 that will pay
them $1,000 per year for 20 years. What would they be making on
there investment of $8,531. What tate of return would they
earn?
The annual rate of return your folks would earn on their investment
is __%.
(round to two decimal places)
Let rate of return be x%
At this rate;present value of annuity=8,531.03
8,531.03=1,000/1.0x+1,000/1.0x^2+.............+1,000/1.0x^20
Hence x=rate of return=9.97%(Approx).