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Your parents are giving you $500 a month for five years while you attend college to earn both a bachelor's and a master's degree. At a 7 percent discount rate, what are these payments worth to you when you first enter college?

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1) solve by hand (please show formula) and
(2) provide financial calculator inputs and check answer.

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The solution describes the steps to calculate present worth of the future payments with the help of formula and with the help of financial calculator.

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Monthly Interest rate=i=7%/12
Monthly Payments=C=$500
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