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A rich aunt has promised you $2,000 one year from today. In addition, each year after that, she has promised you a payment (on the anniversarydof the last payment) that is 3% larger than the last payment. She will continue to show this generosity for 20 years, giving a total of 20 payments. If the interest rate is 4%, what is her promise worth today? The present value of the aunts promise is (Round to the nearest dollar.)P 4-34 (similar to) Question Help You have decided to buy a perpetual bond. The bond makes one payment at the end of every year forever and has an interest rate of 8%. If the bond initially costs $3,000, what is the payment every year? The payment at the end of each year is (Round to the nearest dollar.)

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Receipt in year 1 = $2,000 present value p/(r-g) x $200,000 [ 2000/(0.04-0.03) ] 0.175714 1-(1.03/1.04)A20) present value = $

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