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Bubba is a shrimp farmer. In an ironic twist, Bubba is allergic to shellfish, so he cannot eat any shrimp. Each day he has a one-ton supply of shrimp. The market price of shrimp is $10,000 per ton.
a. What is the value of a ton of shrimp to him?
b. Would this value change if he were not allergic to shrimp? Why or why not?
P3-11 Due to your good credit, your bank reduces the interest rate on your$12,000loan from 9% to 7.5%
per year. Thanks to the change, how much will you save in interest this year?
P3-18 You are considering a savings bond that will pay $100in 10years. If the interest rate is 2%, what should you pay today for the bond?
P3-26Your cousin is currently 12 years old. She will be going to college in 6 years. Your aunt and uncle would like to have $100,000 in a savings account to fund her education at that time. If the accountpromises to pay a fixed interest rate of 4.0% per year, how much money do they need to put into the account today to ensure that they will have $100,000 in 6 years?
P3-29You are planning to invest $5,000 in an account earning 9% per year for retirement.
a. If you put the $5,000 in an account at age 23, and withdraw it 42 years later, how much will you have?
b. If you wait 10 years before making the deposit, so that it stays in the account for only 32 years, how much will you have at the end?
P3-30Your grandfather put some money in an account for you on the day you were born. You are now 18 years old and are allowed to withdraw the money for the first time. The account currently has $3,996 in it and pays an 8% interest rate.
a. How much money would be in the account if you left the money there until your 25th birthday?
b. What if you left the money until your 65th birthday?
c. How much money did your grandfather originally put in the account?