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5.The appropriate discount rate for the following cash flows is 14 percent compounded quarterly. |
Year |
Cash Flow |
1 |
$1,000 |
2 |
600 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
1,300 |
Required:
What is the present value of the cash flows? |
Given that, discounted rate for cash flows is 14% compounded
quarterly.
So, quarterly interest rate =14%/4=3.5%
Effective annual rate = (1+quarterly interest rate)^4 -1=
(1+3.5%)^4 -1 =(1.035)^4 -1=1.147523 -1 =0.147523=14.7523%
Cash flows are:
Year 1:$1000
Year 2:$600
Year 3:$0
Year 4:$1300
We can find the present value of the cash flows using the
following formula:
Present value=Cash flow in year 1/(1+Effective annual rate)^1+Cash
flow in year 2/(1+Effective annual rate)^2+Cash flow in year
3/(1+Effective annual rate)^3+Cash flow in year 4/(1+Effective
annual rate)^4
Effective annual rate = 14.7523%
Present
value=$1000/(1+14.7523%)^1+$600/(1+14.7523%)^2+$0/(1+14.7523%)^3+$1300/(1+14.7523%)^4
=$1000/(1.147523)^1+$600/(1.147523)^2+$0/(1.147523)^3+$1300/(1.147523)^4
=$1000/1.147523+$600/1.316809036+$0/1.511068655+$1300/1.733986036
=$871.4422282+$455.6469341+$0+$749.7176869
=$2076.807
The present value of the cash flows=$2076.807