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Bpp page 28 Question 95 and 96 Investment appraisal usind DCF

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  • September 17, 2019 at 12:30 pm #546399
    kennigara
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    Hi Dear Tutor, I have some questions.

    QN 95

    It says an investor is due to receive a 5 year annuity starting in 3 year’s time of 7000$ per annum.
    Years———D.F.10%
    0-7———–(4.868+1)=5.868
    0-2———–(1.736+1)=2.736
    0-5==============3.132

    In annuity if it says three years 0,1 ,2 not 1 2 3 is it correct?

    QN 96

    it says option 1 take 90000$ per annum indefinitely starting in 3 years’ time

    Perpetuity
    I did in this way
    ——————————D.F.10%
    0-infinity——————(1/0.1+1)=11

    0-2————————(1.736+1)=2.736
    3-infinity==================8.264*90000=743760

    Bpp shows

    90000/0.1=900000
    discount it two years 900000*0.826=743400

    Could you explain difference between my way and bpp way the figure is close to eacth other but it is still different

    September 17, 2019 at 4:21 pm #546449
    John Moffat
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    Your are obviously using an old edition of the Revision Kit because the question numbers are different. However I have found them.

    Q95

    You can see for yourself that your answer is correct. However the way you have written it is ridiculous (but fortunately the way you write it is not marked!!).
    It is an annuity from time 3 to time 7. Therefore you take the 7 year annuity and subtract the 2 year annuity. The result is 3 – 7, not 0 – 5.

    I suggest you watch my free Paper MA lectures on discounting.

    Q96

    It is because the discount factors in the tables are rounded to 3 decimal places. The BPP answer actually explains this!!!

    The difference is completely irrelevant – both in practice and in the exam (just as it is irrelevant in this question).

    September 17, 2019 at 10:09 pm #546509
    kennigara
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    Qn95
    ohh I mistakenly wrote 0-5 sorry it should be 3-7 .

    Years———D.F.10%
    0-7———–(4.868+1)=5.868
    0-2———–(1.736+1)=2.736
    3-7==============3.132

    for the question n96 the way I used is also correct?

    September 18, 2019 at 7:30 am #546530
    John Moffat
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    Yes, although I don’t know why you took 0-7 and 0-2. More sensible is to take 1-7 and 1-2, but obviously it ends up with the same figure.

    September 18, 2019 at 10:22 am #546573
    kennigara
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    this is because in annuity factor when it says in three years’s time it starts from 0 and ends at 2, therefore I included o in each time length.

    September 18, 2019 at 1:36 pm #546605
    John Moffat
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    It starts at time 3 and ends at time 7.

    It would help if you were to watch the free lectures!!

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