In: Finance
(Present
value of an uneven stream of
payments)
You are given three investment alternatives to analyze. The cash flows from these three investments are as follows:
| 
 Investment  | 
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| 
 End of Year  | 
 A  | 
 B  | 
 C  | 
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| 
 1  | 
 $  | 
 2,000  | 
 $  | 
 2,000  | 
 $  | 
 5,000  | 
|||
| 
 2  | 
 
  | 
 3,000  | 
 2,000  | 
 5,000  | 
|||||
| 
 3  | 
 
  | 
 4,000  | 
 2,000  | 
 −5,000  | 
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| 
 4  | 
 
  | 
 (5,000)  | 
 2,000  | 
 (5,000)  | 
|||||
| 
 5  | 
 
  | 
 5,000  | 
 5,000  | 
 
  | 
 15,000  | 
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What is the present value of each of these three investments if the appropriate discount rate is
10 percent?