15. Compute the amount of the regular monthly payments in a 1-year annuity that has a present value of
$20,000 and an interest rate of 12% compounded monthly.
Score for B (32)
C (28 points) In each of the following applications, find the present value of the annuity, the amount
of the periodic payment, or the total amount of interest earned. Round answers to the nearest cent.
(4 points for each correct answer)
16.
Walt Pierce is making a budget for the next 18 months. He estimates that his rent will be about $650 per
month. For calculations, Walt considers his housing expense to be an annuity of 18 payments. If he uses
an interest rate of 9% compounded monthly, what will be the present value of the annuity?
17. After their children moved away from home, Barbara Cain and her husband sold their large house and
bought a smaller condominium. Barbara invested $25,000 of their after-tax profit in an annuity that would
give them equal quarterly payments for 10 years. The fund will pay a return of 8% compounded quarterly.
At the end of the 10 years, their annuity will be finished. What amount will they receive each quarter?
18. Joe Littrell is considering an investment that is somewhat like a bond. The investment is an annuity that
would pay Joe $2,400 every 6 months for 16 years. He is trying to determine how much the investment is
worth today. If he uses an interest rate of 10% compounded semiannually, what is the present value of
the annuity?
19. Bonnie Bomar will receive a retirement bonus of $80,000. She has the option of either receiving the
$80,000 now in one lump sum or having it invested and then receiving 15 equal annual annuity pay-
ments, the first payment arriving 1 year after retirement. If she selects payments over 15 years, the
$80,000 is invested at a guaranteed rate of 8% compounded annually. Compute the amount of interest
that Bonnie would earn by choosing the payments over 15 years instead of the lump sum.
20. Nellie Van Calcar inherited money from her grandfather. Nellie’s daughter is in her second year of
college, and Nellie wants to give her $1,600 every quarter for 3 years. Nellie can invest the money for her
daughter at 6% compounded quarterly. How much should she invest now to provide for all the quarterly
withdrawals and have an empty account after the last withdrawal?
$17,452.02
$60,195.40
$37,926.43
$913.89
$10,906.47
$1,776.98
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12% 4 12 5 1%
1 3 12 5 12 payments $20,000 4 11.25508 5 $1,776.98
9% 4 12 5 0.75%
18 payments $650 3 16.77918 5 $10,906.47
8% 4 4 5 2%
4 3 10 5 40 payments $25,000 4 27.35548 5 $913.89
10% 4 2 5 5%
2 3 16 5 32 payments $2,400 3 15.80268 5 $37,926.43
8% 4 1 5 8% $80,000 4 8.55948 5 $9,346.36
1 3 15 5 15 payments ($9,346.36 3 15) 2 $80,000 5 $60,195.40
6% 4 4 5 1.5%
4 3 3 5 12 payments $1,600 3 10.90751 5 $17,452.02