Answer :
Answer:
a. 8.10%
b. $50,930,776.45
Explanation:
a. The 2018 prize money can be expressed as a compounded amount of the 1898 amount in the manner;
2,640,000 = 230 * ( 1 + rate) ^ 120 years
Year 2018 - 1898 = 120 years
Solving for rate;
2,640,000/230 = ( 1 + rate) ^ 120 years
( 1 + rate) = (2,640,000/230) ^ 1/120
1 + rate = 1.081016
rate = 0.0810
= 8.10%
b. Number of periods = 2056 - 2018
= 38 years
= 2,640,000 * ( 1 + 8.10%) ^ 38
= $50,930,776.45