The financial advisor is weekly column in the local newspaper. Assume you must answer the following question: "I recently retired at age 65, and I have a tax-free retirement annuity coming due soon. I have three options. I can receive A)$30,976 now, B)$359.60 per month for the
rest of my life (assume 20 years), or C)$513.80 per month for the next 10 years. What should I do?" Ignore the timing of the monthly cash flows and assume that the payments are received at the end of year. Contributed by D.P. Loucks, Cornell University.
a) Develop a choice table for interest rates from 0% to 50%. (You do not know what the reader's interest rate is)
b) If i=9%, use an incremental rate of return analysis to recommend which option should be chosen.