You estimate that it will take five years to complete your college education. Your parents want to invest enough money today at 12 per cent to enable you to withdraw $5000 at the end of each year for the next five years with nothing left at the end of the five-year period. How much money do they need today?

Respuesta :

Answer:

the present value is $18,025

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the amount that should be needed today is given below:

Given that

NPER = 5

RATE  = 12%

PMT = $5,000

FV = $0

The formula is shown below:

=-PV(RATE,NPER,PMT,FV)

AFter applying the above formula, the present value is $18,025