Question

Damien McCoy has loaned money to his brother at an interest rate of 5.85 percent. He expects to receive $987, $1,012, $1,062, and $1,162 at the end of the next four years as complete repayment of the loan with interest. How much did he loan out to his brother? (Round to the nearest dollar.)

Answer 1

The answer is: $3,657

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the amount of the loan we have to calculate the present value of the future payments discounting the interest rate of 5.85%.

PV loan = $987 + $1,012 + $1,062 + $1,162

1.0585 1.0585^2 1.0585^3 1.0585^4

PV loan = $932.45 + 903.23 + 895.47 + 925.64

PV loan = $3,656.80