An obligation can be settled by making a payment of $8,500 now and a final payment of $8,000 in two years (Alternative 1

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An obligation can be settled by making a payment of $8,500 now and a final payment of $8,000 in two years (Alternative 1). Alternatively, the obligation can be settled by payments of $1,200 at the end (Alternative 2). Interest is 11% compounded semi-annually. Compute the present value of each alternative and determine
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the preferred alternative according to the discounted cash flow criterion.
The present value of Alternative 1 is $???