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Nour rich aunt has promised to give you $5,000 per year at the end of each of the next four years to help you pay for college. Using a discount rate of 7%, what is the present value of the gift. If the JPEG file doesn't open, Appendix A in your book has full Present Value tables. PV.Tables-Lumo-Ann PG 54,278 $12,411 $20,000 $16.935 Table A-1 Present Value of $1 Preser Periods 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 1 2 3 4 5 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.961 0.951 0.971 0.943 0.915 0.888 0.863 0.962 0.925 0.889 0.855 0.822 0.952 0.907 0.864 0.823 0.784 0.943 0.890 0.840 0.792 0.747 0.935 0.873 0.816 0.763 0.713 0.980 0.961 0.942 0.924 0.906 0.888 0.871 0.853 0.837 0.820 OOOOO OOOOO 6 7 8 9 10 0.942 0.93 0.923 0.914 0.905 0.837 0.813 0.789 0.766 0.744 0.790 0.760 0.731 0.703 0.676 0.746 0.711 0.672 0.645 0.614 0.705 0.665 0.627 0.592 0.558 0.666 0.623 0.582 0.544 0.508 Table A-2 Present Value of Ordinary Annuity of $1 Pre Periods 15 2 3% 4% 5% 65 7% 0.943 1 2 0980 1942 2.884 3.808 4.713 0.952 1.886 2.775 3.630 4.452 0.952 1859 2.723 3.546 4320 0915 1.80 2624 2673 3.065 4.212 4 5 3387 0.990 1970 2.941 3.902 4.853 5.795 6.728 7,652 8.566 4100 0.971 1.91 2620 3.712 4.580 5.417 6.210 7020 7.796 8.530 6 7 5.601 6.472 7.325 8.16 5.242 6.002 6.733 7.435 8.111 5076 5.786 6.463 7.108 7.722 4.917 5.582 6.210 6.802 7.50 4.767 5.389 5.971 6.515 7.024 9 10 11 10 9.787 9.253 8760 8.306 7.39