Nonannual compounding using a calculator bowflexs

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Question 1- (Compound interest) To what amount will the following investments accumulate?
a. $5,000 invested for 10 years at 10 percent compounded annually
b. $8,000 invested for 7 years at 8 percent compounded annually
c. $775 invested for 12 years at 12 percent compounded annually
d. $21,000 invested for 5 years at 5 percent compounded annually

Question 2- (Future value) Albert Pujols hit 47 home runs in 2009. If his home-run output grew at a rate of 12 percent per year, what would it have been over the following 5 years?

Question 3- (Loan amortization) Mr. Bill S. Preston, Esq., purchased a new house for $80,000. He paid $20,000 down and agreed to pay the rest over the next 25 years in 25 equal end-of-year payments plus 9 percent compound interest on the unpaid balance. What will these equal payments be?

Question 4- (Present value) The state lottery's million-dollar payout provides for SI million to be paid over 19 years in 20 payments of $50,000. The first $50,000 payment is made immediately, and the 19 remaining $50,000 payments occur at the end of each of the next 19 years. If 10 percent is the appropriate discount rate, what is the present value of this stream of cash flows? If 20 percent is the appropriate discount rate, what is the present value of the cash flows?

Question 5- (Nonannual compounding using a calculator) Bowflex's television ads say you can get a fitness machine that sells for $999 for $33 a month for 36 months. What rate of interest are you paying on this Bowflex loan?

Answer 1

Need the answers of the given Finance basic numerical questions. Please elaborate all the methods, formulas and concepts used to solve the problems. Q1. To what amount will the given investments accumulate? a) $5,000 invested for 10 years at 10 % compounded yearly b) $8,000 invested for 7 years at 8 % compounded yearly c) $775 invested for 12 years at 12 % compounded yearly d) $21,000 invested for 5 years at 5 % compounded yearly Q2. Albert Pujols hit 47 home runs in the year 2009. If his home-run output grew at a rate of 12 % per year, what would it have been over the next 5 years? Q3. Mr. Bill S. Preston, Esq., bought a new house for $80,000. He paid $20,000 down and agreed to pay the rest over the subsequent 25 years in 25 equivalent end-of-year payments plus 9 percent compound interest on the unpaid balance. What will such equivalent payments be?