PS 2 TimeValueofMoney
PS 2 TimeValueofMoney
Problem Set -2
1. Asha can pay Rs. 1.50 Lacs every year for the next 5 years in order to buy a new
car. If the bank is ready to give you a loan @ 8.75% pa, what is the maximum loan
amount you can avail now? If the car costs Rs. 6,25,000/-, how much down
payment would be required?
2. Mr. Dixit wants to buy a flat for Rs. 20 Lacs. He approached ABN Housing Finance
for a loan which charges interest @ 11.25% pa. Mr. Dixit can pay Rs.2.50 Lacs every
year towards the loan repayment. What should be the maturity period of the loan?
3. Azad has bought a LED television set costing Rs. 36,000/- on installment basis
paying 36 equal monthly installments. If the dealer charges interest @ 1.5% per
month, what is the amount of each installment?
1. Satpathy has decided to deposit Rs. 45,000/- every year in a Public Provident Fund
account for 15 years. What will be the accumulated amount at the end of 15 years,
if the interest rate is 9% pa?
3. Milagrow Finance advertises that it will pay a lump sum of Rs. 8,000/- at the end
of 6 years to investors who deposit Rs. 1000/- annually for 6 years. What rate of
interest the finance company is offering?
4. You want to take a trip to Europe which is expected to cost Rs 15 Lacs (the cost is
assumed to remain constant). You can save Rs 75,000/- each year. Assuming you
earn interest @ 8%pa, how long will you have to wait for the trip?
1. Andy plans to retire in twenty years. If the annual (year-end) amount he saves each
year increases annually @6% and is Rs. 10,000/- initially at year end, and if he can
earn 8% on his savings, how much will his retirement fund be worth in 20 years?
2. You wish to save annually an increasing (@6% pa) amount and wish to be worth Rs.
100,000/- in 10 years. If you can earn 10% compounded annually on your savings,
how much should your first (end-of-year) amount saved be?
1. The annual end-of-year lease payments on a building increase @10% annually for
the next 5 years. If 8% is an appropriate interest rate and if the first years’ lease
payment is Rs. 10,000/- what is the most an investor would pay to be the recipient
of these lease payments?
2. Uncle Harvey expects to live another 10 years. He currently has Rs. 50,000/- in
savings which he wishes to spread evenly in terms of purchasing power over the
next 10 years. Since he feels inflation will average 6% annually, his annual
beginning-of-year withdrawals should increase @ 6%. If he earns @ 8% on his
savings not withdrawn, how much should his first withdrawal be?
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