An individual purchases a lot by paying a downpayment of P 100,000 and agrees to make 10 semi-annual deferred payments of P 8,000 each, beginning three years from today. If the interest rate is 12% compounded semi-annually, what is the present value of this investment?

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21 Jan 2019
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Explanation

The present value calculation involves discounting the downpayment and the series of deferred semi-annual payments at the given interest rate of 12% compounded semi-annually. By discounting the 10 payments starting three years from now and adding the initial downpayment, the total present value of the investment equals P 143,999.08.

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