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What is the future value of $15,000 received today if it is invested at 6% per year, compounded annually for five years? 

What is the present value of the following cash flow today? Assume an interest rate of 6%.               Year:                  0            1            2             3            4         5             Cash Flow:     -$800     -$300    +$400     +$600    +$600     $500

If cash flow from operations is $8,300, net capital spending is positive $3,500, and net working capital declines by $1,600 for the year, what is the cash flow from assets?

Which of the following could be calculated with only the use of an income statement?

What is the future value in 12 years of $1,000 payments received at the beginning of each year for the next 12 years? Assume an interest rate of 6.50%.

In words, what does a return on equity of 0.30 mean?

Given the following income statement data, calculate the operating cash flow: net sales = $4,200, cost of goods sold = $2,450, operating expenses = $580, depreciation = $410, interest expense = $200, tax rate = 35%.

Your car dealer is willing to make a loan to you for a new car. The loan terms are monthly payments of $400 for 5 years. The payments are due on the first day of each month starting with the day you sign up for the loan. If your cost of money is 5% APR, how much can you borrow?

An insurance company promises to pay Jane $1 million on her 65th birthday in return for a one-time payment of $150,000 today (Jane just turned 30). At what rate of interest would Jane be indifferent between accepting the company’s offer and investing the premium on her own?

You need to borrow $23,000 to buy a truck. The current stated annual loan rate is 7.9% compounded monthly and you want to pay the loan off in equal monthly payments over 6 years. What is the size of your monthly payment?