Your parents are giving you $100 a month for four years while you are in college. At an 8% discount rate, what are these payments worth to you when you first start college?

These payments worth to me when I first start my college are$4,303.

Explanation:

Monthly Payments = P = $100

Interest rate = i = 5.5% = 0.055 = 0.055/12 = 0.00458

Number of years = 4 years

Period in a year = 12 months

Number of total periods = n = 4 x 12 = 48 periods

APV = P [ 1 - (((1 + i) ^-n) / i) ]

APV = 100 [ (1 - ((1 + 0.00458) ^-48) / 0.00458) ]

Annuity present value = $4,303