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Aggie Company purchased equipment. The purchase agreement requires Aggie to make

ID: 2447649 • Letter: A

Question

Aggie Company purchased equipment. The purchase agreement requires Aggie to make annual payments of $10,000 at the end of each of the next four years. Aggie Company believes the appropriate discount rate is 12%. What amount should Aggie record as the cost of the equipment, rounded to the nearest dollar? (The cost of the equipment is the present value - that is, the value today - of what Aggie is promising to pay in the future.)

$40,000

$37,534

$30,374

$6,355

a.

$40,000

b.

$37,534

c.

$30,374

d.

$6,355

Explanation / Answer

Answer c is correct

annual payments = 10000

discount rate = 12%

Time period = 4 years

From PVIFA tables at 12% for four years = 3.037

= 10000*3.037 = 30370 or 30374.