9.6 Consider the following uneven cash flow stream:
year cash flow
0 $0
1 250
2 400
3 500
4 600
5 600
a. What is the present (Year 0) value if the opportunity cost (discount) rate is 10 percent?
b. Add an outflow (or cost) of $1,000 at Year 0. What is the present value (or net present value) of the stream?
9.7 Consider another uneven cash flow stream:
year cash flow
0 $2,000
1 2,000
2 0
3 1,500
4 2,500
5 4,000
a. What is the present (Year 0) value of the cash flow stream if the opportunity cost rate is 10 percent?
b. What is the value of the cash flow stream at the end of Year 5 if the cash flows are invested in an account that pays 10 percent annually?
9.9 Assume that you just won $35 million in the Florida lottery, and hence the state will pay you 20 annual payments of $1.75 million each beginning immediately. If the rate of return on securities of similar risk to the lottery earnings (e.g., the rate on 20-year U.S. Treasury bonds) is 6 percent, what is the present value of your winnings?
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