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Ch os Assignment- Time Value of Money The Purple Lion Beverage Company expects t

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Ch os Assignment- Time Value of Money The Purple Lion Beverage Company expects the following cash flows from its manufacturing plant in Palau over the next three years: Annual Cash Flows Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 $100,000 $37,500 $180,000 The CFO of the company believes that an appropriate annual interest rate on this investment is 4%, what is the present value of this uneven cash flow stream, rounded to the nearest whole dollar? $317,500 O $1,475,000 O $290,844 $1,692,500 Identify whether the situations described in the following table are examples of uneven cash flows or annuity payments: Uneven Cash Flows Annuity Payments Description Shania bought a new dress for her brother's wedding for $450. She negotiated a deal with the retailer in which she would pay for the dress in three installments of $250, $100, and $100 over the next three months. You signed up to make a monthly payment of $10 for one year for a lifetime subscription to your favorite magazine. British consols are British government bonds that promise to make payments of a specified amount at regular intervals to the bearer forever. You receive interest earnings from variable deposits in a regular interest-bearing savings account.

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Working

Year

PV factor at 4%

Annual Cash Flows

Present Values

[A]

[B]

[A x B]

1

0.961538462

$             100,000.00

$                     96,153.85

2

0.924556213

$               37,500.00

$                     34,670.86

3

0.888996359

$             180,000.00

$                   160,019.34

Total Present Values

$                   290,844.05

----Hence, the correct answer is Option #3: $ 290,844

Description no.

Answer

Reason

1

Uneven Cash flows,

because the amount to be received each period is NOT SAME.

2

Annuity Payments

because amount of cash flows will be $10, same.

3

Annuity Payments

because the payment will be of 'specified amout' and at regular intervals

4

Uneven Cash flows,

because the interest to be receivable of variable deposit will not be same each period.

Year

PV factor at 4%

Annual Cash Flows

Present Values

[A]

[B]

[A x B]

1

0.961538462

$             100,000.00

$                     96,153.85

2

0.924556213

$               37,500.00

$                     34,670.86

3

0.888996359

$             180,000.00

$                   160,019.34

Total Present Values

$                   290,844.05