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Your parents are giving you $250 a month for four years while you are in college....

Your parents are giving you $250 a month for four years while you are in college. At an interest rate of 0.57 percent per month, what are these payments worth to you when you first start college?

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Monthly payment= $250

Time= 4 years*12= 48 months

Interest arte= 0.57% per month

The question is solved by calculating the present value.

Enter the below in a financial calculator to compute the present value:

PMT= 250

N= 48

I/Y= 0.57

Press the CPT key and PV to compute the present value.

The value obtained is 10,472.48.

Therefore, the payments are worth $10,472.48 when I start college.

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