Professor's Annuity Corp. offers a lifetime annuity to retiring professors. For a payment of...

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Professor's Annuity Corp. offers a lifetime annuity to retiring professors. For a payment of $70,000 at age 65, the firm will pay the retiring professor $500 a month until death. If the professor's remaining life expectancy is 20 years, what is the (implied) APR on this annuity? What's the implied EAR? Please show work/calculations.

Annualized Percentage Rate and Effective Annual Rate:

Annualized Percentage Rate(APR) and Effective Annual Rate(EAR) both are stated on yearly basis with the main difference is that the APR is annualized by multiplying the number of periods in a year while EAR takes compounding into consideration and hence EAR is the better estimate of the returns.

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a. APR on this annuity is 6%

b. The implied EAR is 6.17%

  • Present Value, PV = $70,000
  • Monthly payment, A = $500
  • Number of payments in 20 years, n =...

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