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Standards Life Insurance offers a perpetuity that pays annual payments of $12,000. This contract sells for...

  1. Standards Life Insurance offers a perpetuity that pays annual payments of $12,000. This contract sells for $300,000 today. What is the interest rate? P

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The interest rate is computed as shown below:

Selling price of contract = Annual payments / Interest rate

$ 300,000 = $ 12,000 / Interest rate

Interest rate = $ 12,000 / $ 300,000

Interest rate = 4%

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