Rate of return on a lie subscription purchased for an infant

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A popular magazine offers a lifetime subscription for $1000. Such a subscription may be a given as a gift to an infant at birth (the parents can read it in those early years), or taken out by an individual for himself. Normally, the magazine costs $64.50 per year. Knowledgeable people say it probably will continue indefinitely at the $64.50 rate. What is the rate of return on a lie subscription purchased for an infant?

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