What is the value today of $1,500 per year, at a discount rate of 10 percent, if the first payment is received 5 years from now and the last payment is received 23 years from today?

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

For a deferred level annuity, compute the present value at the date just before the first payment (time 4), then discount that amount back to today.

1) Relevant concepts
- Present value (PV) of an ordinary annuity: PV = C * [1 - (1 + r)^-n] / r, where C is the payment, r the discount rate, n the number of payments.
- A deferred annuity with first payment at t = 5 has its PV one period before the first payment (t = 4) using the annuity formula, then is discounted from t = 4 to t = 0 by (1 + r)^-4.

2) Step-by-step reasoning
- Payments: from year 5 through year 23 inclusive => n = 23 - 5 + 1 = 19 payments.
- Payment amount C = $1,500, discount rate r = 0.10.

3) Calculations (all intermediate steps)
- Compute (1 + r)^19 = 1.1^19 = 6.115909044841454
- Compute (1 + r)^-19 = 1 / 6.115909044841454 = 0.163531
- Annuity factor = [1 - (1 + r)^-n] / r = (1 - 0.163531) / 0.10 = 0.836469 / 0.10 = 8.364689
- PV at t = 4 = 1,500 * 8.364689 = 12,547.0335
- Discount to today: PV0 = 12,547.0335 / (1.1^4). Since 1.1^4 = 1.4641,
  PV0 = 12,547.0335 / 1.4641 = 8,570.031 ≈ $8,570.03

4) Why this answer is correct
- The method correctly treats the stream as an ordinary annuity of 19 payments starting at t=5, computes its PV one period earlier (t=4) using the standard formula, and discounts that single lump sum four periods to t=0. All intermediate computations follow standard time-value-of-money formulas and yield $8,570.03.

5) Why other choices are incorrect
- $8,402.51 and $8,398.63 are close but the difference arises from using an incorrect number of payments or rounding at an intermediate step.
- $12,647.38 is too large — it looks like a PV before discounting by four periods or using an incorrect annuity factor.
- $2,683.96 is far too small and does not reflect a 19-payment annuity discounted at 10%.

6) Conclusion
The correct present value today is $8,570.03, which matches the provided answer.

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