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QUESTION 5 5. Suppose that a firm wishes to create an endowment for a laboratory. It will earn an interest of six percent (6%) per year. Cash requires be $150,000 (to establish it), $40,000 per year indefinitely and $30,000 every fourth year for equipment replacement. a. What amount of endowment principal (CW) is required to support remaining cash requirements? (Note: The answer is in absolute value) ? $950,060 $900,300 $930,966 ? $850,900

          QUESTION 5
5. Suppose that a firm wishes to create an endowment for a laboratory. It will earn an interest of six percent (6%) per year. Cash requires
be $150,000 (to establish it), $40,000 per year indefinitely and $30,000 every fourth year for equipment replacement.
a. What amount of endowment principal (CW) is required to support remaining cash requirements?
(Note: The answer is in absolute value)
? $950,060
$900,300
$930,966
? $850,900

QUESTION 5
5. Suppose that a firm wishes to create an endowment for a laboratory. It will earn an interest of six percent (6%) per year. Cash requires
be 150,000 (to establish it),40,000 per year indefinitely and 30,000 every fourth year for equipment replacement.
a. What amount of endowment principal (CW) is required to support remaining cash requirements?
(Note: The answer is in absolute value)
?950,060
900,300930,966
? 850,900

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Principles of Economics

Gregory Mankiw 8th Edition

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The question does not provide this information, so we cannot calculate the exact amount. However, we can use the formula for present value of a future cash flow to estimate the required endowment principal. The formula is: PV = CF / (1 + r)^n Where PV is the Show more…

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Suppose that a firm wishes to create an endowment for a laboratory. It will earn an interest of six percent (6%) per year. a. What amount of endowment principal (CW) is required to support remaining cash requirements? (Note: The answer is in absolute value) $950,060 $900,300 $930,966 $850,900