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A bank is negotiating a loan. The loan can either be paid off as a lump sum of $100,000 at the end of five years, or as equal annual payments at the end of each of the next five years. If the interest rate on the loan is 10%, what annual payments should be made so that both forms of payment are equivalent

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Answer:

$16,379.75

Explanation:

Calculation for the annual payments that should be made

Using financial calculator to find the PMT

FV = $100,000

Interest rate = 10%

N= 5 years

PMT?

Hence,

PMT = $16,379.75

Therefore the annual payments that should be made so that both forms of payment are equivalent will be $16,379.75