Your grandmother is gifting you $150 a month for four years while you attend college to earn your bachelor's degree. At a 4.8 percent discount rate, what are these payments worth to you on the day you enter college?

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Your grandmother is gifting you $150 a month for four years while you attend college to earn your bachelor's degree. At a 4.8 percent discount rate, what are these payments worth to you on the day you enter college?

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Harper Fernandez · Answer 1

These payments worth to you on the day you enter college is $143 every four months.

Explanation:

Gifting you $150 a month for four years

At a 4.8 percent discount rate.

The payments worth to you on the day you enter college can be calculated as

/frac{4.8}{100} * 150 is 7.2 therefore, the payment worth to me on the day of enter college would be 150 - 7.2 = 142.8 $143 is the amount that will be collected when I enter college.