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Julie has just retired. Her company’s retirement program has two options as to h

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Julie has just retired. Her company’s retirement program has two options as to how retirement benefits can be received. Under the first option, Julie would receive a lump sum of $130,000 immediately as her full retirement benefit. Under the second option, she would receive $19,000 each year for 5 years plus a lump-sum payment of $75,000 at the end of the 5-year period.

Required:

1-a. Calculate the present value for the following assuming that the money can be invested at 11%.

1-b. If she can invest money at 11%, which option would you recommend that she accept?

EXHIBIT 13 B-1 Present Value of $1; Periods 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 16% 17% 18% 19% 20% 21% 22% 23% 24% 25% 1 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909 0.901 0.893 0.8850.877 0.870 0.862 0.855 0.847 0.840 0.833 0.826 0.820 0.813 0.806 0.800 2 0.925 0.907 0.890 0.873 0.857 0842 0.826 0.812 0.797 0.783 0.769 0.756 0.743 0.731 0.718 0.706 0.694 0.683 0.672 0.661 0.650 0.640 3 0.889 0.864 0.840 0.816 0.794 0.772 0.751 0.731 0.712 0.693 0.675 0.658 0.641 0.624 0.609 0.593 0.579 0.564 0.551 0.537 0.524 0.512 4 0.855 0.823 0.792 0.763 0.735 0.708 0.683 0.659 0.636 0.613 0.592 0.572 0.552 0.534 0.516 0.499 0.482 0.467 0.451 0.437 0.423 0.410 5 0.822 0.784 0.747 0.713 0.681 0.650 0.621 0.593 0.567 0.543 0.519 0.497 0.476 0.456 0.437 0.419 0.402 0.386 0.370 0.355 0.341 0.328 6 0.790 0.746 0.705 0.666 0.630 0.596 0.564 0.535 0.507 0.480 0.456 0.432 0.410 0.390 0.370 0.352 0.335 0.319 0.303 0.289 0.275 0.262 7 0.760 0.711 0.665 0.623 0.583 0.547 0.513 0.482 0.452 0.425 0.400 0.376 0.354 0.333 0.314 0.296 0.279 0.263 0.249 0.235 0.222 0.210 8 0.731 0.677 0.627 0.582 0.540 0.502 0.467 0.434 0.404 0.376 0.351 0.327 0.305 0.285 0.266 0.249 0.233 0.218 0.204 0.191 0.179 0.168 9 0.703 0.645 0.592 0.544 0.500 0.460 0.424 0.391 0.361 0.333 0.308 0.284 0.263 0.243 0.225 0.209 0.194 0.180 0.167 0.155 0.144 0.134 10 0.676 0.614 0.558 0.508 0.463 0.422 0.386 0.352 0.322 0.295 0.270 0.247 0.227 0.208 0.191 0.176 0.162 0.149 0.137 0.126 0.116 0.107 11 12 13 14 15 0.650 0.585 0.527 0.475 0.429 0.388 0.350 0.317 0.287 0.261 0.237 0.215 0.195 0.178 0.162 0.148 0.135 0.123 0.112 0.103 0.094 0.086 0.625 0.557 0.497 0.444 0.397 0.356 0.319 0.286 0.257 0.231 0.208 0.187 0.168 0.152 0.137 0.124 0.112 0.102 0.092 0.083 0.076 0.069 0.601 0.530 0.469 0.415 0.368 0.326 0.290 0.258 0.229 0.204 0.182 0.163 0.145 0.130 0.116 0.104 0.093 0.084 0.075 0.068 0.061 0.055 0.577 0.505 0.442 0.388 0.340 0.299 0.263 0.232 0.205 0.181 0.160 0.141 0.125 0.111 0.099 0.088 0.078 0.069 0.062 0.055 0.049 0.044 0.555 0.481 0.417 0.362 0.315 0.275 0.239 0.209 0.183 0.160 0.140 0.123 0.108 0.095 0.084 0.074 0.065 0.057 0.051 0.045 0.040 0.035 0.534 0.458 0.394 0.339 0.292 0.252 0.218 0.1 163 0.141 0.123 0.107 0.093 0.081 0.071 0.062 0.054 0.047 0.042 0.036 0.032 0.02 16 17 18 19 20 8 0.513 0.436 0.371 0.317 0.270 0.231 0.198 0.170 0.146 0.125 0.108 0.093 0.080 0.069 0.060 0.052 0.045 0.039 0.034 0.030 0.026 0.023 0.494 0.416 0.350 0.296 0.250 0.212 0.180 0.153 0.130 0.111 0.095 0.081 0.069 0.059 0.051 0.044 0.038 0.032 0.028 0.024 0.021 0.018 0.475 0.396 0.331 0.277 0.232 0.194 0.164 0.138 0.116 0.098 0.083 0.070 0.060 0.051 0.043 0.037 0.031 0.027 0.023 0.020 0.017 0.014 0.456 0.377 0.312 0.258 0.215 0.178 0.149 0.124 0.104 0.087 0.073 0.061 0.051 0.043 0.037 0.031 0.026 0.022 0.019 0.016 0.014 0.012 21 0.439 0.359 0.294 0.242 0.199 0.164 0.135 0.112 0.093 0.077 0.064 0.053 0.044 0.037 0.031 0.026 0.022 0.018 0.015 0.013 0.011 0.009 22 0.422 0.342 0.278 0.226 0.184 0.150 0.123 0.101 0.083 0.068 0.056 0.046 0.038 0.032 0.026 0.022 0.018 0.015 0.013 0.011 0.009 0.007 23 0.406 0.326 0.262 0.211 0.170 0.138 0. 11 2 0.09 1 0.074 0.060 0.049 0.040 0.033 0.027 0.022 0.018 0.015 0012 0010 0009 0007 Doos 24 0.390 0.310 0.247 0.197 0.158 0.126 0.102 0.082 0.066 0.053 0.043 0.035 0.028 0.023 0.019 0.015 0.013 0.010 0.008 0.007 0.006 0.005 25 0.375 0.295 0.233 0.184 0.146 0.116 0.092 0.074 0.059 0.047 0.038 0.030 0.024 0.020 0.016 0.013 0.010 0.009 0.007 0.006 0.005 0.004 26 27 28 0. 0.361 0.281 0.220 0.172 0.135 0.106 0.084 0.066 0.053 0.042 0.033 0.026 0.021 0.017 0.014 0.011 0.009 0.007 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.347 0.268 0.207 0.161 0.125 0.098 0.076 0.060 0.047 0.037 0.029 0.023 0.018 0.014 0.011 0.009 0.007 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.002 020 0.016 0.012 0.010 0.008 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.185 0.141 0.107 0.082 0.063 O.048 0.037 0.029 0.022 0.017 0.014 0.011 0.008 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 12 0.009 0.007 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.003 o.002 0.002 0.001 0 333 0.255 0.196 0.150 0.116 0.090 0.069 0.054 0.042 0.033 0.02 0 0.308 0.231 0.174 0.13 30 0. 099 0.075 0.057 0.044 0.033 0.026 O 0.208 0.14 0.097 0.067 0.046 0 0.022 0.015 0.011 0.008 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Explanation / Answer

Answer 1-a Option 1 To receive lump sum immediately Present Value of Cash Inflow at period 0 $130,000.00 Option 2 To receive over 5 years Year Amount PV Factor (11%) PV 1 $19,000.00 0.901 $17,117.12 2 $19,000.00 0.812 $15,420.83 3 $19,000.00 0.731 $13,892.64 4 $19,000.00 0.659 $12,521.00 5 $19,000.00 0.593 $11,267.00 5 $75,000.00 0.593 $44,475.00 Total $114,693.58 Answer 1-b Considering the investment return rate as 11%, the present value of Option 1 is higher, she should accept for Option 1