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Debts of $3800.00 due three months from now and $3600.00 due twenty-one months from now are to be settled by two equal payments due in three months and nine months from now respectively. Determine the size of the equal replacement payments if interest is 5.5% p.a. compounded quarterly.
$ 3,606.98
Step-1:Present Value of future cash flows | ||||||
Quarter | Cash flow | Present Value of 1 | Present Value of cash flow | |||
a | b | c=1.01375^-a | d=b*c | |||
1 | $ 3,800.00 | 0.9864365 | $ 3,748.46 | |||
7 | $ 3,600.00 | 0.9088327 | $ 3,271.80 | |||
Total | $ 7,020.26 | |||||
Working: | ||||||
Quarterly interest rate | = | 5.5%/4 | ||||
= | 0.01375 | |||||
Step-2:Calculation of two equal payment | ||||||
Two Equal Payment | = | Present Value of cash flow | / | Present Value of annuity of 1 | ||
= | $ 7,020.26 | / | 1.946295 | |||
= | $ 3,606.98 | |||||
Working: | ||||||
Present Value of 1: | ||||||
1(3 months) | = | 1.01375^-1 | = | 0.986436 | ||
3(9 months) | = | 1.01375^-3 | = | 0.959859 | ||
Total | 1.946295 |