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You just settled an insurance claim that calls for increasing payments over a 10-year period. The first payment will be paid one year from now in the amount of $5,000. The following payments will increase by 3.5 percent annually. What is the value of this settlement to you today if you can earn 6.5 percent on your investments?
| The cash flows represent a growing annuity. | |
| PV of a growing annuity is given by the formula: | |
| = [(P/(r-g)]*[1-((1+g)/(1+r))^n] | |
| where | |
| P = First payment | |
| r = rate per period | |
| g = growth rate | |
| n = number of periods | |
| Substituting values we have: | |
| Value of the settlement today = ((5000/(0.065-0.035))*((1-(1.035/1.065)^10) = | $ 41,422.89 |