washington memorial hospital has just been informed that a private donor is willing to contribute $5 million per year at the beginning of each year for 15 years. what is the current dollar value of this contribution if the discount rate is 6 percent?

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The current dollar value of the contribution made in the form of annuity is $517,063.08

Amount of annuity (a)= $5,000,000

No of years (n) = 15

Rate of interest (r) = 0.06

Present value = a *[1-(1/1+r) ^n]/r

                       = $517,063.08

An annuity is a type of insurance contract that is approved and dispersed by banking institutions with the purpose of paying out initial investment funds at a later date in the form of a predictable cash flow. Annuities are procured or decided to invest in by investors who a regular income in future. Investors earn the return at a particular rate of interest.

Annuities which are receive d at the beginning of the period are called annuity due whereas those annuities which are received at the end of the period are called ordinary annuity.

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