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11.65358
= $2,330,716
Beginning
Balance
$
2,330,716
Payment at
end of
Period
$
200,000
Interest
$
163,150
Principle
$
36,850
Ending
Balance
$
2,293,866
2,293,866
200,000
160,571
39,429
2,254,437
2,254,437
200,000
157,811
42,189
2,212,247
2,212,247
200,000
154,857
45,143
2,167,105
2,167,105
200,000
151,697
48,303
2,118,802
2,118,802
200,000
148,316
51,684
2,067,118
2,067,118
200,000
144,698
55,302
2,011,816
2,011,816
200,000
140,827
59,173
1,952,644
1,952,644
200,000
136,685
63,315
1,889,329
Period
10
1,889,329
200,000
132,253
67,747
1,821,582
11
1,821,582
200,000
127,511
72,489
1,749,092
12
1,749,092
200,000
122,436
77,564
1,671,529
13
1,671,529
200,000
117,007
82,993
1,588,536
14
1,588,536
200,000
111,198
88,802
1,499,733
15
1,499,733
200,000
104,981
95,019
1,404,715
16
1,404,715
200,000
98,330
101,670
1,303,045
17
1,303,045
200,000
91,213
108,787
1,194,258
18
1,194,258
200,000
83,598
116,402
1,077,856
19
1,077,856
200,000
75,450
124,550
953,306
20
953,306
200,000
66,731
133,269
820,037
21
820,037
200,000
57,403
142,597
677,440
22
677,440
200,000
47,421
152,579
524,860
23
524,860
200,000
36,740
163,260
361,601
24
361,601
200,000
25,312
174,688
186,913
25
186,913
200,000
$
5,000,000
13,087
$
2,669,284
186,913
$
2,330,716
(0)
Totals
The settlement amount is fair because it takes into account that John would be still making his
$200,000 a year if the incident didnt happen. How the settlement was calculated was they took
what John would have earned every year and multiplied it by the pre-calculated value from the
present value of an ordinary table by looking up how many more years until his retirement or the
term and the 7% rate.
This assignment is a good fit to accounting because it shows the time value of money. That if
you invest a designated amount each year for a specific amount of time at a designated interest
rate the amount will grow. With this assignment it demonstrates that given a lump sum of
$2,330,716 you could withdraw the same amount each year and with interest taken in to
consideration you dont have to worry about saving the whole amount. The reason this prepares
me for my field of study is because accounting is all about the time value of money and what
may be $1 today may not be the same $1 tomorrow.